I remember this view, looking up and back at the ghosts of congregants from the early 1900s, and my own ghosts from the last years of that century. Convergence and a little synchronicity.
Read the full story »Lizzie and Jane are on the cusp of GenX. We continually search for our spot (past and present) in the great game of generational generalization.
Spirituality as continually redesigned by Lizzie and Jane
Lizzie and Jane’s brewing stew of back and forth trouble that hasn’t yet been loosed upon the world…
Because there’s nothing you can’t put on a list
Everything else Lizzie and Jane are thinking about…
PANDORATION: n. the habitual, feminine act of opening up boxes full of trouble. Implies the adoration of all that goes along with trouble-making mischievous box-opening. The contrary and perverse lack of desire (as opposed to inability) to leave the damned lid tightly screwed on the above-mentioned Box…
What I learned from Holden Caulfield, whom I got to know in Mrs. Levinson’s 11th-grade English class (where Jane sat a few seats behind me, by the way)…. As a reader: An honest-to-goodness …
I had to reread the text message several times before I realized that the 10K request from my college daughter was NOT a plea for lavish senior-year funding.
OMG, she wants me to RUN a 10K. She actually thinks I’ve got 10 kilometers of “just do it” in me. Which soon gave way to… Awwwwwww. What a nice compliment from my super-fit 21-year-old daughter.
I myself keep clinging to the Staples commercial of the mom giddy with glee, throwing back to school items into her cart, sullen children lagging behind. Cue the classic Christmas tune, “It’s the most wonderful time of the year…”
image: Eric Zener "Air" oil/canvas Gallery Henoch Jane: So last week found me lagging in my reading of Committed. Lots to do around the house, with the kids, I wasn’t making the time …
Jane: So Lizzie, how has the past week been for you? We’ve both been busy and spoken/texted a bit less than usual. I’ve been feeding my internet/news fix with all sorts of interesting observations and …
UPDATE: And here it is! Follow the presentation of the new iPad and check out all the cool things it does! GDGT LIVE APPLE COVERAGE …
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