Today’s tidbit from Brian McLaren, in a discussion on the kingdom of God: We need to be careful in our interpretation of the book of Revelation, specifically the visions of the apocalypse. This is a man whose power was in gentleness, who said “blessed are the peacemakers.” It’s as if peace didn’t work the first […]

First, a brief update
You might remember my frustration with the Crankypants Monthly e-newsletter. I had offered some feedback to the editor that the contributors were pretty darn old and pretty darn male, with few exceptions. They’re all lovely people, but still.
After having a conversation about writing book reviews occasionally, then being told a few months […]

Here’s how the day began:
Woke up at 5:30. R got up soon afterward to get showered before the girls woke up. I fed M at 6:15 and put her back down. The cab picked me up at 6:30. I took the Metro to the airport and checked in with R around 8:00. He said, “You’re […]

Studio 60
I hear that Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip is dropping off a bit in viewers, which makes me sad, because I think it’s engaging and smart. And in contrast to those who think it’s too self-important (”it’s a TV show about a TV show, get over itself”), I would say that the tension […]

Long day, tired, just time to do one quick practice, a poem in response to “Apology to the Wasps” by Sara Littlecrow-Russell, from the September 21 show click here to read it; scroll down
No Apologies
Your What’s that? had always been met
with silky wonder, the unrolling of
a sacred scroll, explanation, unhurried;
This time the answer interrupted the […]

what the fucking fuck is up with the world and our weapons-choked so-called “culture” that some sick bastard has to kill not only his sad mentally ill self but has to fucking take as many people with him as possible and this isn’t even an isolated incident this WEEK let alone this year and where […]

The divine miss m is going ballistic upstairs for reasons passing understanding. We’ve fortified her with Motrin, and R is trying a bottle, but this doesn’t bode well. I leave Thursday morning for a continuing ed thing with the staff and I think tonight’s events are giving us all a bit of a sinking feeling. […]

(it’s only fair)
3 1/2 years
37 pounds
2 braids
20 teeth
2 bruised-up shins
1 dimple
437 questions a day