Category Archives: Commentary

Return to Middle Earth – The Hobbit, Part I

I’ve discovered something about myself recently. I’m a lot more forgiving than I’d thought.  An online conversation with friends about a guy revealed this to me.  I didn’t feel the same “dump him” feelings they did; my first thought was to give him a break. A few days later, someone did something to me thatContinueContinue reading “Return to Middle Earth – The Hobbit, Part I”

Sometimes all you can do is laugh

Some of the stuff that has gone down in my life has been pretty funny these last two days.  From silly dreams to the kind of happenings at work that are so incredibly unbelievable that all I can do is laugh in despair, I’ve been laughing a lot these two days.  It’s possible these littleContinueContinue reading “Sometimes all you can do is laugh”

Why can’t I say “pray?”

A friend once invited me to her church to see her son in a Christmas play, and I half-seriously joked that I worried about being struck by lightening when I entered churches, since I don’t subscribe to the specific tenants of that church’s religion. Luckily, I seem to have gotten over that; on my tripContinueContinue reading “Why can’t I say “pray?””

Post-vacation blues, or I just wanna watch TV syndrome

Y’all, this is very, very sad. I have no photos to share. None. The only new photos on my IPhone since I got back from France are of my dog, and let’s face it, those are not interesting to anyone but me.  So the photo above (looking out of the window of the abbey atContinueContinue reading “Post-vacation blues, or I just wanna watch TV syndrome”

Day 13 in Paris: Montmartre, Sacre Coeur and heading home

1/6/13 Post-Normandie, we returned to the City of Lights for one day more (if you’re singing the Les Mis song, we are kindred spirits).  Our destination: Montmartre, a neighborhood in north Paris where the artists ruled, where the Moulin Rouge of lore was (and is) and where street art, pickpockets and tourists abound. One smallContinueContinue reading “Day 13 in Paris: Montmartre, Sacre Coeur and heading home”