Yearly Archives 2010

Humility and Hope

The better the story, the more it begs to be told.

Cicero, the ancient Roman philosopher, once said, “If a man ascended to heaven and saw the beautiful nature of the world and the stars, his feeling of wonder, in itself most delightful, would lose its sweetness if he had not someone to whom he could tell it.”

Anticipation

an·tic·i·pa·tion [an-tis-uh-pey-shuhn]
1. the act of anticipating or the state of being anticipated.
2. realization in advance; foretaste.
3. expectation or hope.
4. previous notion; slight previous impression.
5. intuition, foreknowledge, or prescience.

Salvation Is Created

Riding in the car, my son wanted to listen to Christmas music. He’s two. I don’t know how he has come to enjoy the traditional holiday favorites at this age, but he has.

I tuned the radio to the proper station and found the cast of Glee singing “You’re A Mean One, Mr. Grinch.” It was an ice pick in my ears.

Inspiring Christmas Gifts for Writers and Readers

I have been inspired this year by a children’s church series focused on joy and by having three young children to slow down and ruminate on the many wonders of this season. As we put up our tree this last weekend, my six-year-old son said, “I wish that Christmas was every day and then we’d get toys every day.” That would indeed be wonderful, but I was also reminded that December goes by fast (at least for us adults), and Christmas has a tendency to come and go before we know it. This morning, I am savoring a cup of coffee and the smell of our Christmas and thinking over our gift list. I was inspired to think about some gifts that may be especially good for writers and readers.

Some Love Poems

As always, I love to use my blog posts to share poems, since poetry can sometimes fall low on the priority list among the myriad day-to-day concerns. I am currently in the midst of planning my wedding, so the poems on my mind are ones I’ve been researching for readings at our ceremony. The trick is finding ones that are sweet (but not too sweet), resonant (without being generic), and, for me, filled with images and phrases that make me jealous I didn’t write them myself. Enjoy what I’ve found so far!