Monthly Archives August 2011

Rejectification

So, we’re at the end of summer. We’re thinking back on all the lounging and the sunburns and the (road)trips and the lemonade and the evenings loud with crickets. Perhaps we’re already looking ahead to the smoky oranges of fall, or we’ve even begun to think of the long, slow crawl through winter. For now, though, yes, we’ll thank the phlox for staying in bloom and global weirding for several more days requiring the frequent application of our deodorant.

Jay J Matott & The Arctic

What do you say about some albums? What can you say about them, these albums. These albums you can’t stop listening to. These albums – that if they were in an actual physical format – they would be wearing out. These albums that wouldn’t have left your cassette deck for weeks and weeks.

Ruminate’s Annual Chewing on Life, Faith, and Art Weekend

Join us for our second annual Chewing on Life, Faith, & Art Weekend!

This year, author Tony Woodlief will be coming to visit, speaking at our Faith and Arts Dinner (a fundraising dinner to support the work of Ruminate) on Sept. 9th at 6:30 pm and leading an all day writing workshop on Sept 10th. Please contact us if you’d like to come to the Faith and Arts Dinner.

Radical Presence: Teaching as a Contemplative Practice

The Professor and the Madman

I am a logophile. I love words, learning new words, playing with words, using words in my work. I especially love the written word. But I am a novice when it comes to a major authority on English words, the Oxford English Dictionary.

I have browsed the dictionary a few times, heard tell of how extraordinary it is, listened to news stories about additions to the OED. And then a few weeks ago, I happened to pick up a book on the making of the dictionary,The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary by Simon Winchester.