Before 2016, much of my car-time involved taking a girl or two to an activity. For me relaxing in the car means talking about whatever’s on my mind. Or her mind, or whomever else’s mind. My nest is empty; no one’s in my car. But my musing doesn’t quit just because of that. So now you’re the one “Driving With Daughters!”
I was commuting south from campus when I realized I was annoyed. In the null space that my brain inhabits while driving, I kept returning to a particular journal whose submission criteria include the statement “Poems must have a title. If you haven’t named it, it’s not finished yet.” When I originally absorbed the information, […]
One of the most-excellent side effects of an emotionally-healthy long-term Bible study group is the safe place that’s built there. Like “what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas,” but without any self-destruction or harassment. So we had a strong foundation from which to collectively tackle: When have you viewed an experience of pain or struggle […]
My Sweetie changed firms in February, so we changed health insurance. The new employer has a web-driven healthy behavior tracker—trade our personal details for cheaper (to us) insurance rates. I think the website said it was all still HIPAA-private info… too late now. So tonight I filled out the health questionnaire, the first step in […]
Has the mental shift begun? I was in an unfamiliar shower this morning. As I toweled off, I started to feel unstable—I turned, and groped for the edge of the tub with my toes. It took a bit of time, likely a much smaller “longer-than-expected” than it felt like. I thought, “Now I’m getting so […]
Last night I got to catch up with my B, which was wonderful—a humming re-synchronization that only paused because it was almost 10pm and I hadn’t eaten any dinner. Yes, I was hungry sooner but I missed her more, and each of our schedules is sufficiently both full and fractured enough that this three hours […]
About two weeks ago, I heard a term that evidently had its first moment without me: ludic loop. If you have missed ludic loop’s intermittent moments, it describes a certain kind of nearly zoned-out behavior loop, like the one that happens to people playing slot machines, or Candy Crush, or Facebook… . My ludic loop […]
But they kept quiet because on the way they had argued about who was the greatest. —Mark 9:34 One of the first things A mentioned, when she went to work in the kitchen she’s been crushing on, was that the chef—that is, the head of the kitchen—told her that there were no titles in their […]
…indeed, I do not even judge myself. My conscience is clear, but that does not make me innocent. It is the Lord who judges me. –1 Corinthians 4:3b-4 Boy howdy, I am sleepy. I used the day well, I think, but I did not wring effort out of every moment. So not overclocked(!). Though perhaps […]
What a wondrous time is spring : when all the earth is budding : the birds begin to sing : the flowers start their blooming… (from the song “Pass It On”) Today is the best kind of central-Texas day: brilliant sky and sun, with wind to bring cool air from the shade. I treasure this […]
Glory be to God for dappled things – For skies of couple-colour as a brinded cow; For rose-moles all in stipple upon trout that swim; Fresh-firecoal chestnut-falls; finches’ wings; Landscape plotted and pieced – fold, fallow, and plough; And áll trádes, their gear and tackle and trim. All things counter, original, spare, strange; Whatever is […]
