Archived Posts from: March, 2008

To everything, there is a season. . . .

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You know the Scripture (Ecclesiastes 3) – or at least the 60s song by the Byrds. We usually think of it in gentle terms, in light of the life moments the passage addresses. We sometimes forget that it opens with the most inescapable time of all: a time to die.
Tonight I have two young men [...]

Not well, but . . .

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I’m at least functional. Still coughing, and I woke up this morning with my vocal cords merged into one non-operational lump, but I have more stamina, and I’m coping with most of the world. In celebration, a few notes:
There’s a real odd thrill that comes with finding your upcoming book title on Amazon, as if [...]

Still Cold

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I hate being sick. I hate when I really need to crawl into bed and stay there, doing nothing but resting. And I really hate it that my body is pretty much insisting on just that. Most of all, I’m annoyed that my brain comes completely out of gear when I’m like this, and I [...]

Bleh

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Cold. Icky, nasty, cold. I thought allergies had taken over my sinuses either because spring is starting to peek out or because a friend of mind just did a beautiful two-room make-over in my house. Dustbunnies galore.
But, no, the fact that I can’t seem to get warm–and other, less palatable–indicators tell me this a raucous [...]

Deadlines and Good News

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First – thanks to those who wrote. I’ve received some AMAZING emails over the last couple of weeks. Profuse apologies (the third or fourth time at LEAST) to those folks I need to write, especially Jennifer, Marcy, Marti, Mary….the list goes on, and I’m grateful for your patience and your loyalty.
I’ve been neck-deep in deadlines. [...]