Heartwarming, too. And a bit freakish.

Pachelbel Bedtime.

I had lunch with a friend last week who was kind enough to offer to hear the whole story of my Iona trip, having been there herself.
The next day she sent me two photos from her trip to Edinburgh.
The first is of Thomas Riddell’s grave. Fans of Harry Potter will recognize the name immediately. […]

I have no idea where this came from. Other than the fact that my girls get the hiccups a lot.

There was a little princess; Little-She was her name,
She had a sister M, who was a princess just the same.
They’d play and giggle all day long, and splish-splash in the tub,
Until the fun was interrupted with […]

So I had some time this week to plow through my inbox, project list and checklists, a la David Allen’s Getting Things Done. R and I are big fans of this organizational system, but you’re supposed to do a weekly review in order for things not to fall through the cracks. I had stuff in […]

And now for something completely different…
Our freewrite this week in the online writing workshop:

A “spoonerism” is sometimes good inspiration for a humor poem or nonsense verse. Named after W.A. Spooner (1844-1930), a spoonerism is the swapping of the initial sounds of two words to create two different words.
A few examples: “bird watcher” –> “word […]

See you on the Hogwarts Express! I’ll buy the first round of chocolate frogs and Bertie Botts.

He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named

A parishioner gave me this marvelous little invention:

“My yoke is over easy, and my toast is light.”

Thank to Mindy for the questions.
1. What is your favorite word?
creativity
2. If there was a movie made of your life, who would play you? (I love this question so most people get to answer it!)
I also love this question, and you may remember that I have posted on this before. I should […]

Quotidian Grace’s recent post has me wondering whether every seminary played Buzzword Bingo, or was that unique to Crusty ol’ Theological Seminary?
A few choice selections:

over against
living in the tension
diversity
community
hegemony

I call upon my fellow alumni of CTS to offer some additional examples.
I’m not sure whether we ever officially played Buzzword Bingo, but we did play a […]

It’s Holy Week and snow is on its way;
I guess new life will come ‘mid blustery day.
Today is Maundy Thursday; let me say,
I giggle when folks slip and say “MaunDAY.”
I’m sad to say, the sermon kinda bites.
(We’re washing feet—I ought not wear my tights.)
Tomorrow is a day off ‘til the eve
When we nail our sins, […]

But I just can’t help it.
Hat tip to Real Live Preacher.

So I am looking through my files for writing exercises to do in class tomorrow, and I ran across this little thing I wrote for a preaching/poetry class in seminary. Unedited. We had to write something that took place in our mother’s kitchen, and as I recall, it had to incorporate a color and something […]

[Because I’ve had eleven straight days of posting and I gotta keep the streak going, but man I’m out of ideas for tonight]
I’ve been meaning to post this for a week or two, but my alma mater is going to a bowl game for the first time in…
[wait for it]
45 years.
e to the x, dy […]

The yellow Boohbah is the best one.
There really is no comparison.

This is just a note to thank you for providing us with nonstop Christmas music during this month—and half of last month too!!!! More than the shopkeepers, cashiers, stockers, Wal-Mart greeters, more even than the Salvation Army bell-ringers who provide a convenient place for me to put loose change and gum wrappers—in this season of […]