We are driving through the Mohave Desert, and I never knew such a barren place could be so rich in color. The pale tans, blues, purples, and a black that is the exact color of cocoa decorate the mountains on the horizon in perfectly layered lines, while the bleached sand in the foreground is [...]
I haven’t blogged in a few weeks because I was pretty busy preparing for a two-week vacation to California. You know how it goes: there’s mountains of laundry to be done, cleaning, and then the setting of the office in order so that things will (hopefully) go smoothly while I’m gone.
In the midst [...]
I want the body of an athlete, the mind of a poet, the soul of a pilgrim.
Instead, I have the body of a sloth, the mind of a dullard, and the soul of an amoeba.
I need to be more disciplined. I try, I really do. My new routine is supposed to be to rise at [...]
“…and Neemaw was buried…alive.”
(key dramatic music)
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I’m ten years old. It’s Wednesday night in the throes of Texas summer, and I am at church. My mother has just delivered me to my classroom where I normally attend Pioneer Girls, a Christian Girl Scout lookalike organization. We all gather Indian-style on the [...]
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