I keep thinking about the story Glicaria told at our sharing yesterday, how I want to write it down and open up the feeling that was in it. "This icon," she said, "has a very special meaning to me. It's about the love and fidelity between my parents." And that didn't seem right. There was the Mother of God opening her arms to a crowd of ( Read more... )

I skipped church three times already this weekend.
And yet I was still at church last night.
It is too cold. It is time for spring. I went out today, but just as far as California Fruit Market. I am tired of this.

I am struggling not to let lj die in the throes of my love affair with Twitter. I got a reply from Warren! I think I win the internet ( Read more... )

I am rather sick indeed at the moment, but I am trying not to be too melodramatic about it. This has been a good week, with Tashia here visiting and some positive things happening. It is good to have someone in the house who can be relied upon for really solid huggery. Our plan for today is to go eat dim sum. There is piano music coming from ( Read more... )

Today I tried to do improving things instead of just sitting around and watching The Office, and I think it improved my mood, if nothing else. As much as I enjoy my fantasy novels and think it is worth my time to do something I enjoy greatly, I feel better about life after having read something that I can honestly say is good. Even 1984, my ( Read more... )

Mike isn't sleeping well. Eumir and I are having strange dreams. Last night I had a lateness nightmare, not for the first time. The stranger part of it was the part where I was sitting at a table in an unfamiliar restaurant, talking to strange men about bus tickets. I can't remember it clearly enough. I felt like I was being dragged out of ( Read more... )

I spent today running around with Dani getting ready for Table for Two, the annual couples event put on by the Redemptorists. We gathered supplies until mid-afternoon, then it was bitchin' in the kitchen until ten. There is lots to do tomorrow yet, but I must say I am excited for the event. Sister Darlene will speak about marriage (I guess, I ( Read more... )

On Friday, Mike asked me to come with him to the car wash. I sat in the van and watched the foam spread over the windows, then be sprayed off. In the end, I did a bit of drying, and that was all. It made me miss my daddy. Funnily enough, when I mentioned what I had been doing to Mom, she knew that I would feel that way. It made me miss her. ( Read more... )

I woke up in the middle of the night to the sound of someone yelling. This is not altogether unusual, though it tends to happen on the weekend. He seemed to be walking down Euclid Avenue, shouting at the top of his lungs ( Read more... )

I stumbled upon an interesting article while looking for something completely different. I think this paragraph expresses the gist ( Read more... )