Sometimes I wonder if my interest in collecting and discovering children’s literature is, at its heart, a desire to recreate my childhood library. I spent many afternoons at this library, and probably read most of its books (which, albeit, was not many). After I had grown up, and started to take my younger [...]
Archive for the ‘Personal’ Category
The Worlds Have Collided
Posted in Literary, Movies Music Media, Personal, tagged children's literature, horror, Robb White, William Castle on 20 November 2009 | 1 Comment »
Listening to: Swamp Sessions, Danielle Howle
Posted in Aesthetics, Personal on 14 November 2009 | 1 Comment »
What is faith, but inexhaustible endurance? — G. Hill
Living the examined life is no easy task, especially when life stretches to include more variety than you thought possible. The pain of a fallen world can be ignored, at the cost of one’s soul. But, examining, loving this world as it is requires [...]
On Home. Marilynne Robinson’s, that is.
Posted in Literary, Personal on 26 October 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Dear Ms. Robinson,
I have been a fan of your work since my then friend, now fiancé, read your essays aloud to me. You lay claim to a deep knowledge of the English language in your opening paragraphs, but then go on to use it. Not flaunt it. “All this is [...]
Wii do, do you?
Posted in Movies Music Media, Personal on 31 August 2009 | 1 Comment »
A paraphrased quotation from the better-than-I-expected kids’ film, Aliens in the Attic…
Twin#1: “They turned off the gravity — like on Halo!”
Twin #2: “Except this isn’t Xbox! It’s real — like Wii!”
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I did not grow up playing video games or computer games. In fact, my family wasn’t real big on games in general. (My preferred [...]
Umm, well, yeah …
Posted in Personal on 30 August 2009 | 1 Comment »
So, somehow, I have found myself with a cat.
Our neighbors brought the flea-ridden, one pound kitten to our house last week. They guessed rightly that we would take care of her (something about the 4 cats presently living in the vicinity). Charity demanded that I make sure she wasn’t in pain, get rid [...]
In Summary of Summer; Looking to the Fall
Posted in Overheard, Personal on 23 August 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“I had much to write to you, but I would rather not write with pen and ink. I hope to see you soon, and we will talk face to face.”
–The apostle John to Gaius
This American Life
Posted in Personal on 6 August 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I sit at the kitchen table at 1733, considering chocolate chip cookies. I rarely bake because I imagine that it requires a significant amount of time and energy. I see the hours upon hours of cooking time and the stacks of dishes with a realism sharper than reality. But I discover that [...]
A Long Day
Posted in Personal on 30 July 2009 | 1 Comment »
Yesterday, N—– cleaned his bathroom. By himself. Without being asked.
He cleaned the mirror with Scrubbing Bubbles.
Today, 10 minutes before my art class was scheduled to start, I asked him to re-clean it with Windex. A few minutes later he announced he was done and I went in to inspect his handiwork. Interestingly, I noticed the [...]
We’re home owners!
Posted in Personal on 10 July 2009 | 1 Comment »
So, after we made an offer and the bank made a counter offer and we made a counter offer to their counter offer and the bank countered one more time for kicks and giggles, we have got ourselves a house!
Of course, now all the less-than-fun paperwork and money exchanging happens… But we got the first [...]
My freeways, how I love thee …
Posted in Personal, Philosophy and Theology, Travel on 26 June 2009 | 1 Comment »
All right, so here’s a confession. Anytime I use three or more freeways to get to a destination, I get a little high. I love the southern California freeway system (and not just because my dad is a traffic engineer and I grew up taking scenic Sunday drives to see new carpool to [...]
