Category: Random

  • >Published

    >it’s so not a big deal, but it’s almost as impressive as the first time. when i was twelve years old, i was a huge professional wrestling fan. back in the day, when the flashiest thing you saw might have been some factory-manufactured fringe Singer-sewn onto a pair of Lycra dance pants in the way…

  • >Yet Another First

    >so, here it is, 2005. and i thought i was never even going to make it to 1998 all my life. i have just returned from a CVBC (www.cypressvalley.org) mission trip to San Felipe, Guanajuato, Mexico, where i was part of a 27-member team sent by our church to further some work on the church…

  • > Also from landscape art installation in Dec 2005, Sonoma, CA. www.cornerstonegardens.com

  • > Photos of landscape art installations in Sonoma, California, www.cornerstonegardens.com

  • >Travel and Friends

    >It’s Christmas day, and I feel like I have been celebrating for six weeks already. Our family is a little more disjointed than ever, and that requires a lot of maneuvering of schedules and locations to create all the pieces so that the puzzle can at least fit together figuratively. As soon as the bell…

  • >Hello, She’s Dolly

    >So I just left a fun little office party hosted by a friend of mine. And I was delivered two tickets to see Dolly Parton tomorrow night in Dallas. Could I be more excited? Probably not. Only if I was going to be able to meet her — because I think she’s so talented and…

  • >my heart

    >is fairly accessible to someone who really desires to get to know it. i make it available, honestly and sincerely, and the people who are blessed enough to have the gift of wisdom have historically found their way inside.

  • >Fear Of Being Typical

    >is the worst fear of all. I slept all the way to 8:54 am today. i woke up, made some Ibarra hot chocolate, some oat bread toast and commenced to making a collage. then i made another. then i decorated the front of a new journal. now i am on my way to volunteer at…

  • >After The Nightly News…

    >So, tonight, for the first time since school started, I watched prime-time television (other than Will & Grace and ER, that is. Those are my only regular must-sees. And I stayed up extremely late for me. I was watching television clear through to eleven pee ehm. Apparently, the only people the networks expect to be…

  • >Was That A Joke?

    >Today, at work, a co-worker actually said the following words to me: “Well, I’m just happy because I finally got my baby to be interested in TV.” And went on about how until recently, her son would only like to look at books and play. Of course, that meant “that’s how I’ve been able to…