It’s Cat Monday AGAIN! Hooray! (I found this fantastic series of small cat videos that I love. They are funny and they will make you laugh. And what could be wrong about that on a Monday?) And so, because I’m nice like that, I will be posting every single one I can get my hands… Read more »
From the heart, to the heart
It took Beethoven over four years to write The Missa Solemnis (1819-1823). It is a masterpiece. “He pretty much prevented anyone writing a mass again!” the renowned conductor, Sir Colin Davis once said. Beethoven dedicated The Missa Solemnis to Archduke Rudolph of Austria. Over the score, Beethoven wrote these words: “Von Herzen—Möge es wieder—Zu Herzen… Read more »
Crazy Time — Simon’s Cat video
It’s Cat Monday again! Hooray! (I found this fantastic series of small cat videos that I love. They are funny and they will make you laugh. And what could be wrong about that on a Monday?) And so, because I’m nice like that, I will be posting every single one I can get my hands… Read more »
Shadows and Lies (and beautiful equations)
“By doing things badly, we make ourselves less real.” Thomas Merton Less real? Wow. Shoddy half-baked careless work makes you less real? Is that true? I think we know it is. In fact, I think it has something to do with beauty. I once heard Sir John Polkinghorne (yes, that really is his name) say… Read more »
Let Me In! — Simon’s Cat video
It’s Cat Monday again! Hooray! (In case you weren’t around I found this fantastic series of small cat videos that I love. They are funny and they will make you laugh. And so, because I’m nice like that, I will be posting every single one I can get my hands on. And there are LOADS… Read more »
Careless in his care
“careless in the care of God” That’s a phrase from Eugene Peterson I read this morning. (From his translation of Matthew 6:26 where Jesus is talking about the birds and how they don’t worry about what to eat or what to wear. And how life is about more than that. And anyway look how God… Read more »
The Box — Simon’s Cat video
It’s Cat Monday! Hooray! (In case you weren’t around when I posted the first two, here is the first one and the second.) I found this fantastic series of small cat videos that I love. They are funny and they will make you laugh. (And what could be wrong about that on a Monday?) And… Read more »
Coloring Poor Doreen
Have you ever seen a fish carrying an umbrella? How about a fish wearing a headscarf? Poor Doreen wasn’t even supposed to be in my book. She just arrived without me inviting her. And took over. (I got the idea for the book when I was out running.) The book I wanted to write was… Read more »
Running and Writing and Cups of Tea
A few years ago, I was on Fripp, a barrier island in South Carolina. (I was there with great friends on a writing retreat.) I got up early one morning and went running — and happened upon a magical scene… As the mist hung over the marsh, the sun was just rising, a fisherman in… Read more »
Instagram of the Week: Marilyn
The other day my friend, Melanie Penn, and I took a road trip out of the city. We imagined an amazing day filled with beauty. We ended up in a twilight zone filled with ginormous scary sculptures. We were visiting the Ground for Sculpture. It was fascinating. For about 2 minutes. And then we were… Read more »