The great news is that I finished the text end of the application I’ve been working on. 55 pages of fun, people-of-God. 55. Single-spaced. Ask me my favorite new obscure saints because, I’ve got you, fam. The overwhelming news is that: I have now started part two of this process which is: plugging imagesContinueContinue reading “‘Sup-date on a dinner party”
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And runnin’ runnin’
Hello humans, An update on life, my life. Here’s the reality: I’m working on an application for work. It’s an important one, maybe the most historically significant bit of work I have ever handled, something that will be given to the Archbishop and to the Bishops of the United States, and then (if I’veContinueContinue reading “And runnin’ runnin’”
My newest lino
I have several ideas for linoblock cuts. One I’ve already started, and it’s in my room. It’s the largest one I’ve ever done and I started it, got a little scared, and stopped. I knew I wanted to make a different one, too, simpler, and I purchased the block for the simpler one. That, too,ContinueContinue reading “My newest lino”
The problem is that…I want to do everything
….and I want to do more than is even possible. I’m writing a blog post right now. BUT I WANT TO WRITE A PLAY! I went to an aerial class tonight. BUT I WANT TO GO TO AN ACRO CLASS AND A DUO-AERIAL CLASS! I carved a linoblock last week. I HAVE FOUR MORE IDEASContinueContinue reading “The problem is that…I want to do everything”
I didn’t expect it to look like this
On the eve of my thirty-first birthday, I sat around the kitchen table my parents bought early in their marriage, and I sat there with two other women as we hashed out, after a prayer to the Holy Spirit, a conference in the late fall for men and women addicted to pornography, for men andContinueContinue reading “I didn’t expect it to look like this”
Tonight
Was going to go to : Circus class Instead I felt a little under the weather due to a few suspected culprits: Maybe ate some gluten Maybe got sneezed in the face by a li’l baby Maybe cleaned the bathroom at work and didn’t wear gloves and some of the floor-suds splashed into my faceContinueContinue reading “Tonight”
A small price to pay
We, familiar with this kind of thing, knew the cost. We knew we would wake up Ill-rested, Tired, Eyelids swollen, Sleep inadequate, Head slightly pulsing from the late housrs and the wine of the night before. A night in a basement-restaurant And stories of our youth And memories gilded with laughter And our passionate hopesContinueContinue reading “A small price to pay”
24. The exercise of prayer
“What do you think is the most affective form of exercise?” The question was posed to me by my sister, a student of athletics and medicine at the graduate level. I started suggesting a list to her, “Aerobics? Swimming? Triathlon?” Finally, she gave the answer, “It’s the one that you DO.” Oh, of course. HowContinueContinue reading “24. The exercise of prayer”
23. Dreams are free
This one is best read aloud. (And, even better, to someone you love). Dreams are free, my dear child, Dreams are free, free, free, Like the stars in the sky ‘Neath the tall pine trees Like the wash of the pebbles On the floor of a stream, Like the whisper of mosses, Like a feather’sContinueContinue reading “23. Dreams are free”
22. Old dreams
When we are children, we are asked, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” and the question is laden with so many unknowns–the unknown of what we want, the unknown of what being a grown-up is even like, the unknown of where life will take us. And so, we try on anyContinueContinue reading “22. Old dreams”
Seashell Nell 