If you’ve not read David Wroblewski’s The Story of Edgar Sawtelle, you must. I reviewed it shortly before Oprah picked it as one of her Book Club selections. You can read my review here, but be forewarned, I include spoilers, so you may want to wait until after reading. This past Monday evening, Oprah held […]
Oscar Nominees
This will be the first year that Dan and I will not have seen most, if not all, of the Oscar-nominated films before Oscar night. In the past, we have found that throwing our own votes into the mix spices things up. This afternoon Dan and I saw Revolutionary Road, based on Richard Yates’s 1962 […]
The Invitation
“It doesn’t interest me what you do for a living. I want to know what you ache for, and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart’s longing.” So starts Oriah’s poem that opens her book. A friend sent this book to me, having sent me quotes from it while Dan and I were […]
Feel-Goodery
It makes me sad that studios like Fox have had to design specific divisions for the evangelical Christian (Fox Faith and Provident Film). Clean, cozy stories for the cleanest people? What? I don’t get it. If you’ve read the Bible through and through, it’s a pretty harrowing read in some places, and from it, we’ve […]
Quotes
Today, we’re snowed in, and despite this, the birds are out, especially the cardinals and blue jays, little blips of red and blue against all that white snow. I think I shall share some quotes I’ve collected in my journal. It’s always fun to read what someone else finds interesting, don’t you think? Although my […]