First, R got “asides” working. This is a place for quick, pithy comments that aren’t worth a whole post. They’re currently visible on the sidebar, though that won’t be their final location—not sure yet. (And in rss readers they just look like any other post.) Subscribers won’t be notified by e-mail when I post an […]

I’m told that posts are not getting picked up by the aggregators such as bloglines. This is peculiar since I saw yesterday’s post via bloglines, and I can see from Google analytics that others are clicking through from bloglines.
However, I did some categorization of previous posts yesterday, and while the first batch of those came […]

There are boxes everywhere, pictures still need to go on the walls, but we’re all moved in and the lights are on, which means, PARTY!
Please, no gifts. Especially not plants. R & I are awful with plants. It’s all we can do to keep two girls and two cats alive and healthy. Well wishes are […]

Three years ago today, I was feeling bored and restless at the church and wrote a silly list of Christmas music I’d been hearing on the radio. And reverendmother: the blog was born.
Three years! I certainly wasn’t an early adopter of this genre, but three years is a long time.
I posted a few times a […]

Because PPB did it and she’s a rock star.
The first line from the first post of each month this year:

I have to work hard to calculate what day it is according to the calendar; all I know is that the divine Miss M is five days old.
Yesterday was one of those freak-out days.
Excuse me, states […]

It’s Thanksgiving morning and the house is full, with two more at the extended stay motel for reasons of crowding and allergies. R woke up this morning realizing that the turkey was brining in 2x strong solution so he’s taken it out and returned it to the fridge. Now the 20 lb. CostCo Megabird will […]

This Is My Last Entry:
Why I shut down my blog.
By Sarah Hepola
Posted on Slate, Wednesday, April 19, 2006
One morning last month, I woke early, finished a book I’d been reading, and shut down my blog. I had kept the blog for nearly five years, using it as a repository for personal anecdotes, travelogues, and the […]

We went to church yesterday. It was great to worship again and I realized how much I’ve missed the people there. Everyone enjoyed meeting the divine Miss M, who slept the whole time. Of course, Senior Pastor wanted to come over today and start filling me in–gah! I still have five weeks of leave left! […]

…the blog, that is.
This site is 2 years old today. What an auspicious date for milestones! reverendbaby, I’m looking in your direction
My first post was a very strange cataloguing of Christmas songs. In honor of that humble beginning, here is the RevGal Friday Five, similarly themed:
1) If you had to choose CDs as a soundtrack […]

this beautiful place and my beautiful RevGals, who transcend both “Blog” and “Pals” to be real and abiding friends.
I scrolled slowly through the blessings and prayers, but can only read a little at a time because, well, my monitor keeps getting really blurry…
But something so wonderful should be savored anyway.
Advent Blessings to you all.

Keith asked what the downside is for my congregation to know about this blog. Here are a few reactions I can imagine:
I’m hurt by what you said in your post about X, Y and Z. (A recent example would be my post about the elder who suggested I preach while on maternity leave.) That has […]

It’s fun to write something and see it show up in print with one’s name at the top. I’ve had this experience a few times: as a magazine intern in college and as an editor right after graduation, in a preaching journal, in the masthead of a worship resources magazine, and following a couple of […]

From a letter to the editor of Salon, in response to an article about a nanny who was fired after her employer read the nanny’s blog (which she had told the employer about, and which contained musings on the family she worked for):
“I have the right to express myself!” I’m sure [the nanny] would claim. […]

If you’re chomping at the bit for RevGalBlogPal merchandise–and let’s face it, how could you not be–well, the store is undergoing some changes. I raised the price of everything by $1 (except the thong got a hefty markup, for all you supermodels), with the thought that all profits will go to a women-oriented non-profit organization, […]

I certainly do enjoy the interactions on this blog. I like when new people stop by, but I must admit I’m glad things aren’t too busy over here. This blog is sorta… down the dirt road, past the abandoned gas station, and I like it that way. Seems like the bigger you get, the more […]

Do you like getting stuff in the mail? I do. In the last several months I’ve received Christmas ornaments, a red pen with a heart on top that lights up, chocolate, a knitted bag, and an original short film. And I’ve sent similar trinkets, as well as a tin of steel-cut oatmeal. All of these […]

Random piece of news first: our beloved child-care provider is moving 40 minutes away. Her last day is two weeks from now.
Crap crap crap crap crap crap crap crap crap crap crap crap crap!
We are looking for someone else, and there’s a woman in the church who does child care in her home and is […]

(You can really tell lately how bad I am at titles… really, I suck at them. Ah well.)
I have been having the coolest week. I am attending a week-long lecture/workshop with Don Saliers (of Emory Univ./Candler School of Theology) and Emily Saliers (of the Indigo Girls). The workshop centers around their recent book, which you […]

So, sitemeter is a delightfully addictive time-waster. Actually, it doesn’t take that much time; in mere seconds you can suss out the various google searches that lead people to one’s blog. A sampling:
The “As I Said to Brad Pitt over Racquetball Last Week…” Searches–aka Name Dropping:
courtney kupets
ayelet waldman oprah
daughters of zelophehad OK they’re not celebs […]

Now that I have a few more blog pals/blogs I read, I thought I’d revive this little game:
Who would play you in the movie?
(Links to these blogs are above)
Peripatetic Polar Bear would be played by Laura Linney. Smart yet unassuming.
Danny from Field of Dandelions would be played by Timothy Busfield (although perhaps that’s partly because […]