Archive for July, 2007
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That’s Homer Simpson for ya. BOOFOO! I decided I dislike squiggly emoticons enough to not desecrate my blog with too many of them, so I removed what I wrote. But Homer can stay. Meanwhile, I’m slowly healing from writer’s block, but it’s a slow painful process. And I would like to kick it up and […]
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poetry in prose
SPRING 1899. As the ordinary violence of dawn sweeps across the lower Coromandel coast, a sprawling village comes into view. The turbulent sky excepted, everything about it is tranquil. Away to the west, a great headland, thickly maned with coconut palms, juts into the sea, partially enclosing a deserted beach on which long slow swells, […]
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I practise what I call effortless running. I keep my face placid – very important – and my arms with unclenched fists close by my side, just above the hips – some say swing it, but I don’t. I experiment with forward-leaning – some believe to let the gravity do the work of bringing your […]
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Christ alone can fill my heart
On Friday, I’ve hoped this would be a restful weekend. Physically, emotionally, spiritually. And it is! I feel rested and I’m very very deeply joyful to say that. For so very long, I’ve always felt like I couldn’t go to church on Sundays without also having lunch after church, hanging out with friends – something, […]
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no, but yes
I don’t want to wait. But when I remember what I learn from the bible, I can’t help but submit. I want to submit. That’s as best as I can describe the tension within me right now. Yesterday, we were trying to cross the road, but cars kept swooshing past, and we could make only […]
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patience, my friend
As Sherlock Holmes told Dr Watson: “Possess our souls in patience and see what the hour may bring.” I’m beyond waiting already. Patience courses through my veins. I say that, mindful that God has done it for me; I am not patient at all. Also, 42 years of history trivia certainly took an immeasurable amount […]
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Hnngh : ( The forces of nature reminds me I am a girl after all.
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