A Quiet Corner of a Busy World
An exciting thing happened yesterday. One of my poems was published to an online publication called Calla Press! You can read it here. This is the first time my work has been published beyond my personal blog and small, private publications. And...Calla Press is including another one of my poems in their annual print journal [...]
Two of the best words ever are "Let's eat." Of course, any words that have to do with eating are pleasurable, but compared with other phrases also involving food and meal time, "Let's eat" is the best in my opinion. Why? "Let's eat" implies you are eating with someone else, that there is a shared [...]
It's been two years since I was introduced to the Rabbit Room, but I placed an order for the first time a few weeks ago. I started to get excited when I received texts of "diligent minions" and "items of great and terrible import" being "dispatched from a clandestine lair." I was so drawn in [...]
I recently watched a quick video about "fast fashion" beginning in the Victorian era. It was very interesting and definitely gave me lots to think about. The advent of the industrial age and machines made many things possible that hadn't been possible before, or made them possible at lower costs and faster speeds. However, this [...]
The old year is almost up and I am making resolutions/setting goals for the new year. If you are setting new goals, first reflect on how you did with last year's goals. Of the goals you set, how many did you accomplish? If you didn't fully realize a goal, how close were you to reaching [...]
This week, as part of the Kids Ministry staff, I was asked to look through some children's books in my church's small library and resource center to help decide if they should be kept or discarded. I was also asked for recommendations for new children's books and I'm excited about that too! I used this [...]
In September, I got a book I had been wanting for a while. Every Moment Holy Volume1 by Doug McKelvey is a collection of liturgies for ordinary people and situations. There are liturgies for preparing a meal, for students, for the enjoyment of bonfires, for welcoming a new pet, etc. It has been a big [...]
No, I’m not talking about theologically conservative gardening tools. Around the time Jane Austen was writing, there was a literary motif which became a cliché that is still seen in many books and films even today, the theme of the reformed rake. A rake was a man “after only one thing,” known for immoral relationships [...]
Last fall, I heard James Paul, the director of L’Abri Fellowship in the UK, speak at an online conference. In his lecture, he mentioned a few points from his book, What On Earth Is Heaven?. I knew immediately I wanted to buy it. It was on back order most of the year, but I was [...]
This year, as most of the house projects were complete, I had more time to invest in the garden. In the spring, I pulled up the rest of the fast-growing vinca (which is pretty for places where not much else will grow but a waste in a full-sun plot) and began to move around and [...]
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