Kevin Kaiser posted this video on his blog last Saturday, in which he discusses how all artists (songwriters, painters, sculptors, speakers, writers…I would add in here, parents*) are in this thin place where heaven and earth touch. We, as artists, talk about more than we know. We talk about love and grace and truth, in […]
To Marry…Or Not
My friend Becky sent this to me. It’s Charles Darwin’s personal pros/cons list on whether or not to marry, right before his marriage to Emma Wedgwood in 1839. Hilarious, and only so, because it was not written in my lifetime! Now it’s got me to thinking what my list would look like. I don’t think […]
Things That Make Me Smile
A few things that make my teeth show. [Scroll over the words to find the links.] Megan Galante’s beautiful paper roses and leaves display for the window display at Only Hearts. Charles Rafferty’s poem, “Against Hesitation.” Digest slowly. If you crave more, go to Brian Brodeur’s site for an interview with Charles. If you stare […]
The Hurt Locker
I cannot possibly do a better review of this movie than A. O. Scott has done for The New York Times, so I’m not going to try. You can read his version here. The Hurt Locker is beyond intense. [The title refers to soldier vernacular in Iraq, where experiencing a bomb is going to “the […]
Read These Books
If you’re a bibliophile, you’ll want to know about these great books. You will not be able to put down The Help by Kathryn Stockett. Told in three voices (2 black maids and 1 white woman in the South during the 60’s), the story is about emotional emancipation in the midst of real physical enslavement. […]