Category Archives: Religion
21 in 2 months
After yesterday’s post about how I have bought too many books since Jan 1st, a friend asked me to list them all. So here goes! These are the ones I bought from Amazon with a gift card: Cell by Stephen … Continue reading
Filed under Being a girl, Books, Dreams, Fashion, Food, Friends, Love, Nonfiction, Religion, Self improvement, Sentiment, Writing
I will trade social media for books any day of the week.
I gave up Facebook for Lent. I wasn’t going to give up anything, because as usual it snuck up on me, but then my uncle made an offhand comment (a Facebook status, actually), that “I guess none of us gave … Continue reading
Filed under Being a girl, Books, Nonfiction, Religion
It’s Christmas in South City!
There’s this neighborhood in South San Francisco, where they must have some kind of agreement or something that you have to sign when you move in, because everyone goes crazy during the holidays. I love it. I aspire to one day … Continue reading
How to Write a New Book for the Bible
Yesterday, Drew and I went to see How to Write a New Book for the Bible, by Bill Cain, at Berkeley Rep. I worked with Bill on two shows at Marin Theatre Company – Equivocation and 9 Circles. (Kent Nicholson, who directed … Continue reading
Google > Bing
Today I learned from the radio that soma is a modern drug, also known as Carisoprodol. It’s a muscle relaxant and pain reliever. But I remember Soma as the drug in Brave New World that everyone had to take, that kept … Continue reading
Filed under Books, Fiction, Nonfiction, Religion, Technology
“No spring nor summer beauty hath such grace as I have seen in one autumnal face” – John Donne
I woke up this morning with my socked foot sticking out from under the covers. I felt very warm under the covers, and outside (while still the inside of my apartment) felt very brisk. This is the point at which … Continue reading
Post-Easter Resolutions
I was home this weekend for Easter. The last thing I had to accomplish in April (not counting Script Frenzy, which is almost over, and anyway I can do it from my couch in pajamas). A great weekend home, including … Continue reading
The Game of Life
I’m reading this book that someone at work gave me: The Game of Life and How to Play It by Florence Scovel Shinn. I haven’t gotten very far into it but the first chapter has already brought up an interesting concept. The … Continue reading
Filed under Being a girl, Books, Religion
Congratulate me, O Friends!
Elton Richards – the pastor out of pasture – broke down prayer for me into four types. It’s a handy mnemonic: ACTS. A for adoration (praising God). C for confession (telling God your sins). T for thanksgiving (being grateful to … Continue reading
Filed under Awesome, Beginnings, Nonfiction, Religion, Sentiment, Uncategorized, Work
Attitude of gratitude
This morning before work, I drive down to Redwood City to pick up sub paperwork and the forms to take to my 9:00 am fingerprinting appointment. So I get to the school, park, go inside the office for, like, 8 … Continue reading
Filed under Awesome, Being a girl, cars, Family, Religion
