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Spiritual inspiration can come from the oddest bits of serendipity. I was at a talk a few months ago by a Zen Buddhist who talked about making each moment sacred, about how we could light incense before doing the dishes and make the washing of [...]
Way back a year and a half ago, I entered a contest to win a copy of the book Momma Zen by Karen Maezen Miller. I had never heard of the book, so I based my decision on the following factors:
It was a free book.
The title had both Momma and Zen in it, which [...]
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I'm having a bit of an overwhelming week here and am off my usual posting schedule. But while I'm off working on my real life, I thought some of you all could help out a friend who recently e-mailed to say that a child in her [...]
Anne Lamott (come on, woman, set up a Google alert on your name and come find me already, for crying out loud) is one of my favorite writers. Recently, I have been reading Grace (Eventually) in stolen moments, usually in the bathroom. The kids are not generally deterred by a closed bathroom door, [...]
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In the original (non-Disney) version of Cinderella, the evil stepsisters, unable to fit their large feet into Cinderella's tiny glass slipper, cut off their toes. I always wondered what they were thinking. Of all the places to try to hide a bloody foot, a clear [...]
Mim over at Mim's Muddle took a "Which Fantasy/Sci Fi Character Are You?" quiz and came out as Jean-Luc Picard. Envious of how cool she is, I took the quiz too.
And (based on this highly accurate and scientific measure) I am Galadriel. Yep, this quiz (and who am I to dispute the wisdom [...]
When I received an e-mail from the publishers of The Sexually Confident Wife asking if I wanted to review it,* I was skeptical. After all, "sexual confidence" in our society usually implies acting like a porn star. I imagined a lot of Sexual Codependents' Magazine (ahem, I mean Cosmo Magazine) type fluff on [...]
Um, so apparently when I feel way overwhelmed, I take Internet quizzes, buckets of them, and post about them on my blog. What I do not do is: sleep, keep in touch with friends, spend quality time with my family, do substantive writing, read, or answer e-mail or comments.
This quiz came to me via [...]
In the lush quietof my private hotel roomI sat down to read.
No children yelling.No household chores, no husband.Stillness and a book.
I read Shelli's work.Transformed through her vivid words,I'm fifteen again.
I read marta's work.Red's the color for lying.The words make me swoon.
I brought anotherbut the author's still working.Sh! It's a secret!
Willowgreen didn't come,because I read on [...]
Last night, my husband and I went out to see Prince Caspian, the latest movie version of the Chronicles of Narnia. As the movie ended and the screechy wail of a song started over the closing credits, the audience began clapping, and I with them. I shook myself out of the spell that [...]
