Life is too short to ___________________.
Today’s list:
sort socks into pairs
scrapbook
send Christmas cards (sorry, it’s just not happening this year… maybe Groundhog Day cards)
What’s your list?

A sermon adapted from article #1 from Denominational Magazine:

Psalm 90
1Lord, you have been our dwelling-place
in all generations.
2Before the mountains were brought forth,
or ever you had formed the earth and the world,
from everlasting to everlasting you are God.
3You turn us back to dust,
and say, […]

Wow, the idea of “time” is enough of an interest of mine that it warrants its own blog category. And the title “it’s about time” has been used at least once before on these pages.
Anyway, what I pitched to the editors of Denominational Magazine is a series of ten articles exploring different scriptural perspectives on […]

Parkour is a physical discipline inspired by human movement. It focuses on uninterrupted, efficient forward motion over, under, around and through obstacles (both human-made and natural) in one’s environment. Such movement may involve running, jumping, climbing and more complex techniques. The goal of parkour is to adapt one’s movement to any given obstacle in one’s […]

I slip on my shoes and check the clock.
8:50.
Perfect. Shoes are on, coats are mostly on, three sets of teeth are brushed. Time to walk out the door. “Family Kiss”: a circle hug, cheeks pressed together and “mmm-smack” in which nobody really kisses anyone but the girls laugh. We gather our things–briefcase, preschool bag, purse—and […]

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 […]

Today’s “take back your time” makeup day was a series of very low-level fiascoes, such as R offering to pick up C at preschool only to discover that there was no carseat in his car… my going to the hospital to visit someone who turned out to be in the other hospital across town… stuff […]

when your friend holds the hose
(giggling at the portable rainbow)
and waves it innocently in your face,
you
spring back,
and the mist on your cheeks goes salty.
that same day, on the front porch,
in the triangle of Daddy’s lap,
you stare down the rain,
search out every lightning claw,
relish the quaking earth.
you are unafraid, and
time falls,
forward.

Not.
I.
It’s the most wonderful day of the year. The day I look forward to, the day which, whenever it crosses my mind, causes me to smile and sigh dreamily. I have been known to break out into a happy dance during the week leading up to it.
I am speaking, of course, of the day that […]

…but it does.
Since reading the book In Praise of Slowness, I’ve been more or less religious about driving the speed limit. Call it a spiritual discipline. Every time the speedometer creeps up, it reminds me to breathe deeply and center and slow down. Truth be told, I’m not a great driver. I’ve hit three cars […]

Friday Mom has waded in deep over at her place, and her wonderful thoughts about mid-life have really got me thinking further about what I want my life to be. Then I stopped by jo(e)’s place this morning and was totally captivated by this post. What a rich life this person seems to lead, dense […]

Took C to the playground the other day. We didn’t take the stroller, so she walked the entire way. Walking with a toddler was initially rather excruciating for my normal pace, which is somewhere between Normal Grown-up and A Tad Hurried. I spent the initial part of the walk in a bit of a […]