Sunshine Cleaning is not a feel-good, laugh-out-loud movie like Little Miss Sunshine. But I think you’ll walk out of the theater saying it was a good movie. Some of the story lines are unfinished. Some of them are weak. But all in all, the acting by Emily Blunt, Amy Adams, and Alan Arkin is superb. […]
Another Lesson in Holding Your Judgment
May I just say that I had to include this lovely story today, because my husband’s just sent me the link, and I’m floored. I’m talking about Susan Boyles’ audition on Britain’s Got Talent, which stunned the normally caustic Simon Cowell and his colleagues, Piers Morgan and Amanda Holden…and the reticent, ridiculing crowd. I’d like […]
Good Friday Questions
At the end of yesterday’s post, Bing in Birmingham posted a list of questions, which I will attempt to answer today in a VERY LONG post. They’re biggies. Are you ready? The questions are in bold, if you want to skip any of them. [And Bing, I, too, like Clare, have quoted from the Bible, […]
Finding Darwin’s God
At the suggestion of Clara, one of my former students, I attended Dr. Kenneth Miller’s lecture on Finding Darwin’s God and Only a Theory (referring to Intelligent Design) last night at St. Kate’s in St. Paul. Amazing talk. Wow, if you’ve never heard him speak, do so. He talked for almost an hour and a […]
The Treasures You Get When You Read a Book
Today, I’m posting a piece I wrote a while back. I’m pretty sure it was for a children’s writing contest entitled, “What it Means to Have a Book Available in Another Culture or Language.” Our essays had to speak to that question. Mine really only spoke to culture, which is one of the reasons it […]