I had to get out of the house yesterday afternoon, so I walked the dirt roads near our house and listened to Speaking of Faith’s September 17, 2009 podcast “The Inner Landscape of Beauty.” [Click on the interview title to read the entire interview.] Krista Tippett’s guest was Irish poet and philosopher John O’Donohue, author […]
Was Handel Gay?
I don’t think the answer to this question really matters, unless you base your ability to enjoy Handel’s Messiah on it. Or any of Handel’s works, for that matter. I didn’t know there was a controversy, but if you read this delightful piece by John Ito, “Handel–Another Gay Anglican?” in Books & Culture’s November/December 2009 […]
Is Santa Real In Your Home?
Okay, I can’t believe I’m talking about Santa before Thanksgiving, but I’m curious. How did (or do) any of you “deal” with Santa? Did (Do) you tell the truth? Did (Do) you not? Did (Do) you treat him like any other imaginary character–Dora the Explorer, Mickey Mouse, Little Einsteins, etc.? I guess it’s a passionate […]
Percolating
It’s no mistake that several of my posts in the last week have been about waiting and playing. Can you tell ideas are percolating? It’s true. They have to simmer a while before I can put an outline down…then put pen to paper (or fingers to the keyboard). I’m still stuck on bits of that […]
Slow Down: Adult At Play
Try this on for size. Carl Honore’s article “In Praise of Slow Thinking” (Huffington Post, October 23, 2009). Google allows their employees to devote 20 percent of their time to personal projects. For this reason: “Slow Thinking is intuitive, woolly and creative. It is what we do when the pressure is off, and there is […]