Poem: "Peter Pringle"

Pacing powerfully, Peter Pringle perturbed the pine flooring 'neath his effervescent boots. He probed his mental faculties, making a point to himself that true reflection depended not on one's emotional inclination, but rather on the will to understand. He deftly …

Poem: "Wichard"

Following feathers wisped in wind unruly, Wichard watched for season's end in random acts of beauty. Having been diagnosed with chronic listlessness, he thought it appropriate, nay poetic, to spend his last days chasing after unattainable glory in the perhaps mundane.

Who Should You Vote For?

I'm amazed at how much getting some real information (not via this questionaire at all, really) has changed my vote this time around. I mean, I've never identified with one party or another. But I've definitely considered myself a Conservative in the past, based on my …

Christian Suffering

People may think that Christians perceive themselves to have no trouble; that once a person "gets saved," life all falls into place. Where once there was sin, new life is birthed. Where once there was indecision and angst, now grows decisiveness and peace. Where once …

Why Christians Should Care About Being Green

IT'S NOT EITHER/OR, IT'S BOTH/AND

All the hype surrounding rising oil prices, extreme weather conditions, and food crises around the world has caused the majority of people to begin considering human impact on the earth. The world community is finally admitting that …

Composting

I now have a garden, complete with baby vegetable plants and herbs. But before I had the garden, I had a compost pile. I wanted to grow our garden sans chemicals and artificial fertilizers, so I read a book about composting and another book about organic gardening and …

Naturo-beauty

Being instilled with a holistic appreciation of life, I like to do things because they are GOOD, in every sense of the word. Here are common toxins I have discovered that are in most beauty products we use AND the natural alternatives that I am using.

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Simple, Green Strategies

As opposed to Simple Green strategies. Which I just discovered has had non-toxic, biodegradable cleaning products on the market for over 30 years. I mean, duh, it's in the name, right? Anyway, here are some things I've implemented at our house.

Did you know that …

Turning Green

I began a journey, a long, long time ago, and I'm really beginning to understand where it's taking me now. That is to say, alot of things I've been absorbing since I was a little girl are beginning to make sense; I'm seeing how I want to implement them in my life and …

Thermodynamics

"I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us. The creation waits in eager expectation for the sons of God to be revealed. For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the …

Random Life Updates

Today has been a quiet one, except for a jaunt down to Newbury Street for a haircut. Tonight Joshua and I will go see 310 to Yuma and eat at a lovely restaurant near our old digs, Fireplace. Seems like the perfect night for a glass of red wine and jazzy music. …

New Casa

We moved into our new apartment two Friday's ago, before the mad-Boston-rush of new tenants on Saturday September 1st. Adios Apartment 33, HELLO APARTMENT 4!!

Ladies and gentlemen, Apartment 4 is a whopping 900 square feet (more than double the size of our last two …

The Governmental Side of Moving to a New State

Registering your vehicle. Insuring your car. Getting a new Driver's License. Not to mention the newly-wifed phenomenon of changing your name on ALL official documents. These are the issues that hang over our heads.

Today, we go to the Department of Motor …

Sometimes technology sucks

Says the girl writing a blog. I am doing this to vent some DEEP frustrations regarding my experience just now trying to create my own personal login for a chat program called Adium. Because going back and reading what I have written makes me feel like I've …

The Salon Hunt

If I were stranded on a deserted island, the items I would need for survival are as follows: food, clothing, shelter, hairstylist. No seriously, it's THAT important. I was overdue for a haircut by a technical 2 weeks (I have an every 8-weeks habit), but oh Lord, it …

Minihunes are mythical Hawaiian creatures similar to Leprechauns

And that is not what I found on my excursion today. Instead I found Minihane's Flower and Garden Shop on Washington Street, a little northwest of my current abode. Today is the first day I've really explored the streets without my husband. I know, I know, I've been …

Harry the Stoop Keeper

There is a man who sits on our stoop all day long almost every day who lives in our building. His name is Harry. He is our self-proclaimed "Stoop Keeper". He is very kind, small, and tells bad jokes that are endearing. He looked at me yesterday and told me that he …

Joshua's Haircut

Some women enter marriage thinking their husbands are perfect, except for those few, ultimately insignificant, but you know, kind of important things they want to change about them. Not me. My husband is basically perfect (excepting his inherent sin nature; but come …

Boston, Day Two-and-a-half

Joshua and I are here. We are in our tiny July/August studio sublet on Comm Ave (read "Commonwealth Avenue." Bostonians abbreviate EVERYTHING). We have had, count them, TWO grocery trips (one walking to the Whole Foods across the street, whereupon we realized like …

Non-rev Travel Dress Code

I am among many people fortunate enough to have a relative or close friend who work(ed) for American Airlines and have put me on their small list of people who receive flight benefits. In a world where plane travel is (in the words of my husband) the "most expensive …