"So when we meet as strangers, when even friends look like strangers, it is good to remember that we need each other greatly you and I, more than much of the time we dare to imagine, more than more of the time we dare to admit."~ Frederick Buechner ~ The Hungering Dark // Yesterday, my … Continue reading Street-Talks
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It Is Not In Vain
"So there is hope, & it will not have been for nothing after all." ~ Demelza ~ BBC's Poldark Several months ago, a group of friends & I traipsed around Princeton in the rain. Princeton has such a vintage atmosphere and the rain only added to the old academia moodiness. It's the sort of place … Continue reading It Is Not In Vain
Idolizing The Past aka Misplaced Nostalgia
"It is a dangerous thing to romanticise the past. To drag up old memories from the depths of our hearts and fashion them into something they're not. We built a mirage from a memory and knelt before it like a false god." ~ Beau Taplin "The joy of nostalgia is that you edit the past."~ … Continue reading Idolizing The Past aka Misplaced Nostalgia
Relentless Goodness in 2020
"Grace will lead me home. Through every trial I have come; only Your grace will lead me home." ~ "Grace Will Lead Me Home" by David Dunn ~ It's been a beautiful fight, lovely humans. And it still is. Perhaps that seems like romanticizing hardship. Perhaps it seems like I'm glossing over all the horrible … Continue reading Relentless Goodness in 2020
A Rooftop Conversation
"This song reminds me of campfires and blankets and friends and starry nights and facing fears and facing truth and what’s to come." | Anonymous Quarantine has had me returning to old favourites and old memories. Moments of reflection, sometimes painful but mostly filled with contented Joy. The Most High has been teaching me that … Continue reading A Rooftop Conversation
The Saga of Hope Part I | January 2020
"Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep." | Romans 12:15 As I've grown in my relationship with Adonai and in my walk as a Christian and a pilgrim in this world, I've learned that the life of the Christian is a life of paradox, of things that the Scripture speaks … Continue reading The Saga of Hope Part I | January 2020
A Writer’s Life For Me | I
"I want to see mountains again, Gandalf, mountains, and then find somewhere where I can rest. In peace and quiet, without a lot of relatives prying around, and a string of confounded visitors hanging on the bell. I might find somewhere where I can finish my book. I have thought of a nice ending for … Continue reading A Writer’s Life For Me | I
A Fond Farewell | The Office Shenanigans X
"I'll remember our adventure forever but it's time for a new one." | Ben Maxfield "And even if we never talk again, please remember that I am forever changed by who you are and what you meant to me." | The Pinterest Goldmine "But these are the days we dream about when the sunlight paints … Continue reading A Fond Farewell | The Office Shenanigans X
Rekindling Your Heart When the Flames Are Dying
"The truth is, of course, that what one regards as interruptions are precisely one's life." | C.S. Lewis "It's okay. You just forgot who you are. Welcome back." | Pinterest 😛 So, lovely humans, a blog post has been percolating in my brain for several weeks now but I've been struggling to find the time … Continue reading Rekindling Your Heart When the Flames Are Dying
Bittersweet Good-byes | The Office Shenanigans IX
"If it's time to go, remember what you're leaving. Remember the best." | 11th Doctor | Doctor Who "People are the best show in the world. And you don't even pay for the ticket." | Charles Bukowski Oh how true that is! We humans afford one another so much amusement not to mention oodles of … Continue reading Bittersweet Good-byes | The Office Shenanigans IX
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