February 2012
15 posts
“I’ve always felt that poetry was particularly erotic, more than prose was. … I...”
– Former poet laureate Donald Hall on poetry. (via nprfreshair)
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“I am writing a book on how to write a book so I can learn how to properly...”
– | Gregory Sherl, Please Move to Vermont and Break My Heart (via grammatolatry)
This is why I love Gregory Sherl and his writing.
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YOU GUYS
I had a short piece published by The Good Men Project AND I am a finalist in Stratejoy.com’s first essay contest!
My piece for The Good Men Project is here: http://goodmenproject.com/100-acts-of-male-goodness/31-the-mechani/
^ That’s me! My name is on it! Holy cow!
January 2012
25 posts
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Sometimes...
(Got this idea from the lovely Caitlin at To Make Love Stay.)
It’s hard for me to not be pedantic when arguing over technicalities in conversation.
I’m reminded of how much I love my husband in the few minutes I get to see him each night when eating dinner before he goes off to study (and we get into conversations about how “Inception” was snubbed at The Oscars).
I feel...
“Rebel children, I urge you, fight the turgid slick of conformity with which they...”
– Russell Brand (via deus-e-x-machina)
“The great souls are not the popular, the domineering, the authoritative. They...”
– Harry C. Meserve, Imprints of the Divine: A Lenten Manual for 1960 (Unitarian Universalist, minister)
“Who are we religious? How do we fit into the fabric and the structure of the...”
– Timothy Radcliffe, OP, in the address “Religious Vocations: Leaving Behind the Usual Signs of Identity,” published in Sing a New Song: The Christian Hope
I am quite taken by this idea of looking for religious on the wrong sort of map. The Episcopal Church is finding a similar struggle — and not...
“Dark Eyes came to my house tonight and we danced all night long, and into the...”
– Jack Keroauc in New York Diaries: 1609 to 2009 (Modern Library)
Resolutions for 2012
Write more (No, seriously, I need to step on it) (This includes a sub-resolution: blog more consistently)
Finish my Associate (So close!)
Exercise regularly again (I did this really well last year from Jan to about May and then I fell off the bandwagon. It’s time to fix that.)
Learn to maintain a low-carb diet (I don’t want to be so strict but I also don’t want to have full...
December 2011
61 posts
“Poetry is my understanding with the world, my intimacy with things, my...”
– Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen (via awritersruminations)
