I've moved on...on more ways than one.

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Nestalgic and into vinyl seeks partner in crime...

This has been a day of mad blogs! I think Portland inspired me to write again, which is will cherish and appreciate.

We finally got the record player hooked up...after 2 months of talking about it. I forgot how much I love vinyl. It reminds me of my dad...the good parts …

You have romanced me.

You have romanced me Portland, more than any other city I've ever visited. Your mountain scapes and beautiful bridges have captured my heart and made it very hard to leave you. I want to hold hands and sip a latte whilst walking through your tree lighted streets, …

Earth, this is your brain calling

Coming back to earth is awful when you were previously floating. My head won't stop spinning and I'm not sure WHAT to do with myself.

Lord you are at work. I do not see it, but you are here...right now. I WILL be satisfied in your presence, in your likeness, and in your …

Oh Jack

"The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn, like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like …

Coffee, music, and all things lovely

If you had told me a year ago that my life would look like it does right now, I would have laughed at you, then probably pointed...and laughed some more...and then told you you were a crazy lunatic. Seriously.

This summer will be an adventure in persistence, trust, and …

of my weary soul

I have awoken every morning with this song in my head. Lord, this is my heart's prayer.

Dear Refuge of My Weary Soul

Dear refuge of my weary soul,
On Thee, when sorrows rise
On Thee, when waves of trouble roll,
My …

Cheap and beautiful

Perspective

I'm not sure if it was the conversation or just knowing that I wasn't alone that helped, but this morning I woke up with an incredible sense of peace.

It could have also been the 3 shots and 1 typhoid fever pill I took that did it. Who knows really. I am, however, …

Walking

This is the hardest thing I've ever had to do. I feel incapable. I feel as if something is wrong with my general self. I want to cry, but it won't come. I even sat in the shower to see if it would help. It didn't. Things I don't want to admit.

I hear His whisper. You're …

Where have all the stars gone?

In Tucson, there is a light ordinance which limits the amount of light that can be omitted into the environment. This ordinance keeps the observatory located near Tucson very happy, and a convenient bi-product for Tucsonans is the most brilliantly shining night sky. I …

The life of my bag as a traveling vagabond

Contents of my well-loved grey Manhattan Portage:
* torn boarding pass-destination Phoenix to Denver to Sioux Falls
* partial Ikea list with a longer post-it note stuck to it
* Well-used penny with an issue year of 1996
* Ipod earpods
* Empty zebra print traveling folding …

This is my life now.

I'm panning around the room. Virtually nothing is mine. What have I done? I've moved my entire life into a storage unit on McClintock and am now living amongst someone elses stuff. A wave of self-doubt runs deep into my core. Did I do this right? Is there a wrong way to …

Not at all well thanks

yes please.



This is what we call, my friends, the best imaginary boyfriend...ever.

Knots

It started in the pit of my stomach. I know I shouldn't have looked. Somehow I knew the feeling would return to me if I looked, but looked I did non-the-less. It's that feeling that you've lost something-something so important-and you can't get it back. It's right there …

Can you...

Can you miss someone you never really knew? Can you mourn for someone you only met once? His life was filled with joy, laughter, friendship. He was to be married on Saturday. Now he is seated at the right hand of the Father. I don't know God's plan for this, but I know …

Ode to the City of Angels

LAX. The mecca for yuppie businessmen and girls with fake boobs, among other things. Oh LAX, where there is a Starbucks at almost every terminal and beer flows plentifully like water. Everything is overpriced and overrated.

Earlier that day (before the LAX situation) I …

So what

Sometimes I get lonely. It's odd really, that this would occur in my life, but it's true. It has taken me 25 years to admit to the fact that, on ocassion, I get that feeling in my stomach. The one that feels like I just jumped out a plane and am falling 10,000 feet to …

Sparkle in your eye

Change is in the air. I can feel it.

Fried meat is amazing

Mary is that girl that inspires you to do things. Not by her words, but by her actions. She's this incredibly humble, smart, quarky, beautiful vision of what people should be. I've never met someone who has such a heart for missions and for little African babies. She …