Wow, so Aidan of Ivy League Insecurities surprised me today by bequeathing The Honest Scrap Award. Cool. My first bloggy award! It’s an award for “honesty and sincerity” in blogging and I could not be more touched. Because, just as Aidan says, I strive to be honest and sincere and know that this is something [...]
Always been one of my favorite songs. I definitely made the other four family children sing it to our parents once (as I recall I made everyone wear all white too – ah cliche) one summer. And this is an amazing version. (thank you, Superhero Journal) Email this post
(iPhone picture of Nantucket sunset) I adore this post of Meg Casey’s, The Dream that is Living Me. I find it so reassuring, because while I feel major shifting going on in the deepest parts of me, I also realize my external life looks the same. It is heartening to hear that despite feeling like [...]
I love Danielle’s post about “what your repulsions have to say about you.” It is, as usual, wise and concise. (sidenote: I can’t wait to meet Danielle this weekend!) I’ve been thinking about what really pisses me off. I have tons of little annoying peeves, but what really really aggravates me and grosses me out [...]
My morning – nay, my week or month – was made this morning when I read Ronna Detrick’s post. Ronna, I am so honored that you included my words. And then to have Kelly Diels, another writer who I so enormously admire comment, was icing. Thank you both. I’m in bed with yucky cold/flu right [...]
Found a fabulous new blog, Persistent Cookie, which seems as interested in books and quotations as I am. Thank you, Kari, I am glad to know you! And I will take up your book questionnaire: 1. A book that changed your life The Fountainhead, Ayn Rand (cliched but true – a lesson about individuality and [...]
Ronna Detrick’s post today called Holding On is ringing all of my bells. Oh yes I know this feeling. Sadly I have more of these edgy, dark, slippery days than of the sunny ones, and I want desperately to reverse this ratio. Sadly for me holding on sometimes does feel desperate, perhaps because I’ve been [...]
Hilary and Terence’s (awesome) friend Launa is keeping a marvelous, funny, gorgeously-written blog about her experience living in France for a year with her husband and two daughters. Launa’s writing has that ineffable humorous-and-wise combination that speaks to me best, and her blog is now one of my very favorites. Today she wrote about friends. [...]
“Its about knowing when it is time to lay something to rest.Its about understanding what no longer serves you (or, perhaps, what never even did) and finding a new way instead.Its in ignoring the lure to remain a victim and taking a look at what you can do instead of remaining stuck in fear and [...]
This is a truly marvelous reminder of the little gifts we can give each other. Of the way small gestures and kindnesses can have an enormous impact. In this time of inclement weather inside my own head, one of the most reliable ways for me to feel happy is to reach out to others, to [...]
