At my house we've been watching the original Star Trek. (Mostly George Takei's fault.) I was moderately familiar with the show, but I'd never seen it all the way through. And you know it didn't take me many episodes before I fell hard for Spock. I could go on and on about the structure of the… Continue reading In Wonder You Will Reign Over All Things
All I Really Need to Know I Learned in WE LIKE SHEEP
This is the next post about my Metanoia Season of spiritual renewal. Here's the full list of related posts. And while you're here, have you heard about Anti-Famine 40? For the first 18 years of my life I was much in church, and that meant the Episcopal Church. Ages 18-34, with some gaps, I was… Continue reading All I Really Need to Know I Learned in WE LIKE SHEEP
And the Sign Said
So a few weeks ago I had this dream. Aw, man! Can there be anything worse than a blogger jawing on about some dream she had? But stay with me - there's at least a song at the end. BTW: professionally I coordinate events for a library. So in this dream, I'm at work, but… Continue reading And the Sign Said
Fortunatus
I'm at my new church pretty much all week this Holy Week, except, for work reasons, the Maundy Thursday service. When I first realized this was going to be the case, I felt briefly crushed. I've been attached to Maundy Thursday even during my time in the relative wilderness - since 1995, in fact, when… Continue reading Fortunatus
Schultz vs. Holly
Noticed this in the handsome hardcover Complete Peanuts, dating from November 18, 1957: So of course I had to go hunting for the #1 hit on that date. It proved elusive for the U.S., but in England it was Buddy Holly and the Crickets' 'That'll Be the Day,' and I wouldn't be surprised if it… Continue reading Schultz vs. Holly
No Spoilers
David Bowie wrote and recorded this song while he was busy dying of cancer. When I first heard it, I couldn’t figure it out. You’re dying, man. You’re giving everything away whether you want to or not. Even you, with your Grammys and your personal museum and your own ISP, cannot take it with you.… Continue reading No Spoilers
Andrew Garfield Is My Spiritual Director
ME: Wow—Hacksaw Ridge and now Silence—Andrew Garfield is my spiritual director. MY SPOUSE: “With great power comes great responsibility.” That’s a joke. Andrew Garfield is not my spiritual director. Though if you’re reading this, Mr. Garfield, you’re awesome. Love the eyebrows. But seriously: following an interestingly mixed career that swung (sorry) from The Social Network… Continue reading Andrew Garfield Is My Spiritual Director
Time Machine: May 1963
I love the Internet when it brings me a pretty good deal on the May 25, 1963 issue of Melody Maker. What would you hear if you tuned in to the hit parade that spring week? Well, the Beatles, there’s a shocker. They have ‘From Me to You’ in the #1 spot about six weeks… Continue reading Time Machine: May 1963
Miracle at Hacksaw Ridge: A Collage Musical
I just can't quit you, Desmond T. Doss and Hacksaw Ridge. A bunch of my iPod tracks jumped out and organized themselves into what I call a "mock musical" or "collage musical" - a playlist in the shape of a story. Gospel, swing, bluegrass, hymns, folk, and showtunes. Listen to it here. Enhanced liner notes:… Continue reading Miracle at Hacksaw Ridge: A Collage Musical
Jesus Was a Refugee
The night of November 8, 2016, I went to sleep. My husband stayed up to hear the election returns. When my alarm rang, I rolled out of bed and stumbled to the bathroom. He’d left a pink Post-It on the door. I sat down and cried. A few seconds later, the first coherent thought came… Continue reading Jesus Was a Refugee
