I’m back from Boston – GREAT visit, but didn’t make my decision any easier. T minus 12 days. Let the countdown begin… Sat., April 4 – Create a list of things to consider before making decision. Sun., April 5 – Create lengthy pro/con lists. Keep adding points to balance them out. Running out of paper. GuinessContinue reading “And the Countdown Begins…”
Category Archives: Thoughts on God and life
All or Nothing
“Is it all…or nothing at all? There’s nowhere left to fall, when you reach the bottom, it’s now or never…” Congratulations to me. I now have that good ol’ O-Town song stuck in my head. I’ve been reading Richard Winter’s book Perfecting Ourselves to Death, and one of the most interesting ideas he challenges readersContinue reading “All or Nothing”
Crashing Parties, Crushing Pedestals
I love random and awkward life lessons. One of my friends, who shares my love of dancing, recently heard about a dance that was much closer to home than weekend dances tend to be. When she arrived, she was surprised to find that the boy at the door was not charging an admission fee. OnceContinue reading “Crashing Parties, Crushing Pedestals”
Greater Expectations
Only one week stands between me and the GRE subject test in Literature in English, which I have been dreading for the past two months. Unlike the creator of the study site I have been using (Vade Mecum), I did not study for fifteen hours a week for five months. Two months will have toContinue reading “Greater Expectations”
Amidst the rubble…
Yesterday, part of the beauty of largely self-scheduled work, I took a trip to the massive, annual Labor Day weekend flea market in Hillsville, VA. The number of people and vendors is astounding, and a few minutes calculating the profit earned by the lemonade stands resulted in another “astounding.” The only thing that could improveContinue reading “Amidst the rubble…”
Beyond blurry vision
Questions on my mind this week… Sonnet: Petrarchan or Shakespearean? Why did people in 16th C England write so much? Will I ever finish Brothers Karamazov? and… Why do decisions stress me out so badly? In between studying for the GRE subject test, this week I have been making hard decisions about my job situation.Continue reading “Beyond blurry vision”
The mystery of contra dancers
As I have for the last month and a half, I went contra dancing yesterday. I was faced with a question that has puzzled my mind since the first time I went, back in December: Why are contra dancers so happy?I sat out one dance, and the girl sitting beside me started talking. She hadContinue reading “The mystery of contra dancers”
In the middle of a lot of superglue
Did you ever have a doll or action figure that came with a hat or helmet? I’m not sure if it is a child’s propensity for destruction or the sense of mystery that pervades anything hidden. I do know that as a child, I was bound to remove all accessories from my toys. Unfortunately, whenContinue reading “In the middle of a lot of superglue”
Little life lessons
Life is full of little lessons. I was driving down the interstate to a meeting with my boss earlier this week. An unlucky, large dragonfly chose that opportunity to fly toward me, and he ended up wedged in my windshield wiper. For the next 30 minutes, I was privileged to watch his slow and torturousContinue reading “Little life lessons”
Welcome to NAA
Hello, and welcome to the first online NAA meeting – Nostalgia Addicts Anonymous. I, like many other college graduates, am experiencing the first pangs of that deadly disease, nostalgia, which transforms memories of moderate enjoyment into paeans of pure joy. Nostalgia is a little bit like quicksand – it sucks you in almost before youContinue reading “Welcome to NAA”
Snark on the Side 