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Currently reading
“The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware, joyously, drunkenly, serenely, divinely aware.† So said Henry Miller, American novelist.  I call this (as Madeleine L’Engle did, from whom I stole it) “living ontologically.”  Being. Experiencing. Questioning. … Continue reading
Clippings 14: celebratory links
My apologies for the radio silence, friends. Â The last two weeks have been full of celebratory events: my birthday, a niece’s birthday, a nephew’s birthday, the finalization of a family adoption that has had our hearts in our throats for … Continue reading
Quick comments for a busy week
Please pardon my absence of late! I’m sure you are as busy as I am, so I will keep this short today. Currently reading: Wendell Berry and the Cultivation of Life by J. Matthew Bonzo and Michael R. Stevens (helping … Continue reading
Buying, reading, and discussing of late…
Busy, busy again. I meant to get a post up before my husband and I headed off to Chicago last weekend, but obviously that didn’t happen. We were there to attend the annual meeting of the American Academy of Religion, … Continue reading
after busy work, work
I’m back to writing again after a long week of busy work. A lot of that involved sorting, purging, and repacking books and other items that Brandon and I brought back from our long-distance storage unit the weekend before last. … Continue reading