I really, really love my roommate.

I also really, really love e.e. cummings.

And Wendell Berry. You would like Wendell Berry too, I betcha. Go here and read Feminism, the Body, and the Machine. For an abridged, but still satisfying, taste of this essay, skip down to the second ***.

My mom has a blog. Yes, that feels funny to type. But, you see, the thing is, it's actually pretty good. Go to it here

My roommate has a mild obsession with e.e. cummings. All over one wall of her bedroom there are quotes and snippets of his poems. I believe her passion for him has rubbed off a little on me.

Please listen to Kate McGarry sing the following poem on her album, If Less Is More ... Nothing Is Everything:
i carry your heart with me(i carry it in ( Read more... )

The Artist’s Life ( Read more... )

I'm posting too much tonight. It's because I'm avoiding writing about Boswell's biographical methodology (just reading those three words makes ya bored, doesn't it?).

I have several websites that I frequent, and I am very into blogs at the moment. My friends, The Goodmans, always have a very good blog. Jess writes a good deal about her crafting ( Read more... )

http://blog.beliefnet.com/crunchycon/

^^This is worth your time.

“Life is war. That’s not all it is, but it is always that.”
-John Piper

I asked the Lord that I might grow ( Read more... )

CAN'T WRITE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By the end of this week, the high in Atlanta is supposed to be in the low-70s. The air smells of burnt marshmallows and pine; the house is without a Christmas tree ( Read more... )

Yes! 45 life-lesson points for me!

Do I really have to do life this week?