A Quiet Corner of a Busy World
“Singleness is a gift,” a dear friend recently told me. Because this is something I hear so often, I want to share my perspective as a single. Whether you believe singleness is a gift or not, I would encourage you at least to think carefully before saying so to a single. (I already had an [...]
More than a year ago, I participated in an online conference through The Rabbit Room. My favorite session was when professional artists individually started a work of art and then passed it on to someone else to finish. They also finished another person's art, creating a circle of collaboration. This January, I invited several ladies [...]
"Spare us, gentle queen!" Yellow-headed rogues grovel. "Fie! Off with their heads!"
I recently listened to a podcast on The Literary Life in which the hosts discussed Dorothy Sayer’s essay “Are Women Human?.” This led me to read the essay for myself. “Are Women Human?” makes the case that women need to have meaningful work because they are humans and God created all humans to work. Some [...]
A little fiction from a recent writing assignment... Suzanne lifted the hamper onto her hip. “Last call for laundry!” As she walked to the top of the stairs, a door flew open. Darren threw a pair of jeans, a t-shirt, and a sweaty sock on top of the hamper. Yes, just one sock. Suzanne raised [...]
Some days, it feels more complicated being a godly woman than simply being a godly person. This has been especially hard for me recently as a single woman. I am at the age when 95% of my friends are already married and having kids. I have not even been on a date. As a household [...]
The gospels tell us that Jesus was often at the temple during his earthly life. He was presented in the temple, taught there as a boy and a man (Luke 2, John 8, etc.), and cleansed the temple of money changers and venders (John 2, etc.). This seemed normal to me until this week when [...]
Vintage patterns are possibly my favorite type of ephemera (though that would be a hard decision). They capture so much in a small, delicate package. The artwork is beautiful and there is something so lovely about paper that has aged and requires care. Of course, old patterns provide snapshots of the fashions in bygone days, [...]
Last year on Valentine's, I wrote a poem for my favorite literary character. This year, it is a fanfiction diary entry. They are so cruel to me. They do not understand that he has consigned me to a terrible fate. He would have me wait in a peaceful, quiet cage, until my arm is healed… [...]
I have a goal of reading a biography about each U.S. president. I initially started reading in order, until I got to Zachary Taylor. Unsurprisingly, the available biographies in local libraries dried up for a few presidents so I have begun to skip around. Last month, I read one on Lincoln. Today, on his birthday, [...]
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