My grandparents were born in the last years of the 19th century.
My parents were born in the early 1920s. Their values were partly shaped by the Depression and World War II.
My siblings and I neatly span the Baby Boom: the eldest was born in 1946, and the youngest in 1963. Our values were partly [...]
My son was his class’ “Person of the Week” this week, which required him to fill out a short questionnaire about his likes, dislikes, and aspirations. “What do you want to be when you grow up?” “A writer.”
Sigh! Swoon! I swear I never telegraphed that response, but I can’t help being fetched by it.
I recently read an article about TV news anchors now having to apply their “stage makeup” with airbrushes to suit the demands of high-definition TV. The accompanying photos were really quite humorous.
Earlier today I got a look at my face in a magnifying mirror. I think I can safely say that, should I ever [...]
I think saints must be very difficult to live with. I wish there were an autobiography by Gandhi’s wife Kasturbai — that’s a story I would love to hear.
If provoked by a squirrel, an alpaca will chase every bit as wildly around a field as any dog. They’ve got some awesome cornering skills! Who knew?
I’ve mentioned before that Tucker the Wonder Dog is aging. (His 12th birthday is next week, which is a pretty advanced age for a big ol’ dog like him.) His main problem is structural: the surgery done several years ago to repair his anterior cruciate ligaments is failing, causing weakness and alignment [...]
Had a message on voicemail that began “Hello, this is a message from Jesus Christ.” Wow! I didn’t know I was that important. Email me if you want His phone number.
Introduction:
For it is an unbroken torture to me that I am still so far from Him, who, as I fully know, governs every breath of my life, and whose offspring I am. I know that it is the evil passions within that keep me so far from Him, and yet I cannot get away [...]
On the front page of my daily newspaper:
An Iraqi man places flowers in the barrel of a soldier’s gun moments before the civilian was killed in a suicide attack on a celebration marking Army Day in the Karradah neighborhood of central Baghdad, Iraq on Sunday, Jan. 6, 2008.
… or, Things My Newly Installed Reports Told Me That I’d Probably Rather Not Know:
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