Archives by Tag 'My Life'
The Other Shoe
running shoes from Creative Images
That poor kid. I wonder what he’s thinking right now!
Ever heard the phrase “waiting for the other shoe to drop?” Well, there’s a kid in my subdivision who is waiting for the other shoe to drop. Literally. It’s actually kinda funny. Here’s what happened:
My bedroom is on the third floor of [...]
The Glee of a Porpoise Then
I’m rereading The Sword in the Stone, T.H. White’s magical fantasy about the young King Arthur. Here’s a wonderful quotation from Chapter Five. (The Wart is King Arthur’s childhood nickname.)
The Wart did not know what Merlyn was talking about, but he liked him to talk. He did not like the grown-ups who talked down to [...]
Thoughts on Thirty
I don’t feel depressed about turning thirty. I think I dealt with any age-related depression a couple of years ago. Instead, I am excited to turn thirty! That’s because my last decade was amazing. Here is a list of the good stuff that happened to me from the ages 20 to 29:
graduated high [...]
Tradition Returns
Almost two years ago, my youth group took me to Boston Pizza for a surprise 28th birthday party. For some reason, I looked under my chair, and I found this leather-ish tag stamped with the word “Tradition.” I thought it was a nifty find, so I tied the tag onto my backpack.
Last Fall, the youth [...]
LANsagna Party
A funny thing happened on the way to the lasagna.
My sister and I has some friends over for a late dinner last night. While we were waiting for the lasagna to bake, a LAN party broke out! Long story short, I introduced a gamer friend to another gamer and got the first gamer addicted (hopefully) [...]
Reading My Book Aloud 003
Recorded this three weeks ago, finally posting it. This is the audio recording of the next five poems from my book, desiring to touch sky. (The book is available here as a free PDF.)
Listen here: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/yondercast/~3/522604939/rmba003.mp3
11. Friends in Days
12. Unbeknownst (Zeppelin Girl)
13. Envy
14. Later
15. The Mother Ship
Father and Son
My father listened to Reading My Book Aloud 002 last week, and commented that while his poetry is self-explanatory, I tend to explain my poems. That was an intriguing observation, and I’ve been thinking about it all week. I’ve come up with a couple of, um, explanations.
I write to organize/categorize/energize/exorcise my emotions. I feel that [...]
Fallback
I have failed, I have sinned,
and this is my fallback position.
I’ve got my back against a wall,
but it’s a solid wall,
my favourite wall in the whole wide world.
This wall is wallpapered with my favourite photographs,
inspiring poems,
challenging Bible verses
and the occasional amusing doodle.
I think I’ll just sit here for a while,
catching my breath and planning for [...]
Reading My Book Aloud 002
Here are the next five poems from my poetry book, desiring to touch sky. The themes of these particular poems seem to be friendship and vulnerability.
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/yondercast/~3/484912323/rmba002.mp3
6. The Troubadour’s Quarry Speaks
7. Uncommon Senses
8. How Can I Help?
9. Horizon
10. Difficult Letter
Reading My Book Aloud 001
I completed my poetry book, desiring to touch sky, some time ago, but I haven’t done much with it. Also, in recent months, I have not consistently followed my passion, which is to record MP3 files of my voice and give them away to people.
In order to start 2009 on the right foot, I want [...]