I was stopped, waiting to turn left into the street my apartment's on; I was watching for a break in the oncoming traffic when I heard squealing tires and looked up just in time to see a Mazda 626 introducing itself to my back bumper ( Read more... )

I lay half-awake for a long time last night, dreaming vividly of Paris. In my dream, I sat on the patio of a cafe, sipping hot tea in the cool early-morning sunlight ( Read more... )

The Easter Triduum is my favorite time of the liturgical year. I don't have any words for all the emotions filling my heart as I think about it ( Read more... )

Joyce came over this evening to help me make desserts for my female supervisor's mini last-day party; we baked chocolate chip/raspberry jam tea cookies (a new and experimental recipe for me, which turned out most delicious and quite easy) and brownies with frosting. I guess people who don't like chocolate will have to find something else for ( Read more... )

I realized just the other day that one of the choirs I'm in is going to be performing songs in languages I've never sung in before: Hungarian and Welsh ( Read more... )

It has been a year (and three days) since Mom died. It hardly seems possible.

On the day of the anniversary, I was in Rock Island, having gone up after work on Friday to visit folks and see Erin's French play. I think it was good to be with friends I've missed so much on that day.
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Today I saw the best license plate I've noticed in a long time: ELVNTY1, as in, the age Bilbo is turning when he disappears from Hobbiton in the beginning of The Fellowship of the RingThe thing that I thought most about, though, was that I'll probably never meet the owner of that car, never know what kind of person he is--maybe never even see that ( Read more... )

Menstruosity n.: the nasty, icky effects of "having a woman's period," especially when you feel like such a menstruosity that you stay unwashed in your pajamas all day and do hardly anything. Also, the period itself.

Instructions: Write one statement to each of 10 people on your LJ friends list. Never tell which one is for who. Tag 4 people ( Read more... )

According to people at church choir last night, the bishop of the Diocese of Peoria has given his flock special permission to eat meat this Friday, for St. Patrick's Day corn beef ( Read more... )