Words of Redemption

This weekend, Sarah and I traveled to Seattle for the wedding of a college friend and former roommate of mine. The groom–a standup guy who was in our wedding–honored all of his groomsmen greatly by asking us to be a part of his wonderful wedding and by putting the whole crowd of us up in [...]

Here I am again.
Starting another empty volume.
Sitting, drinking coffee.
Wondering what will become of my life.
- July 19, 2003

This post is part 2 in a series entitled Symbols of Redemption. For part 1, click here. For part 2, click here.
On July 19, 2003, I began my eleventh journal with the words above.
“Here I am again.”
They were [...]

Several days ago, Sarah and I were talking about blogging and reading and the Kindle1 when the topic of this series of posts came up and she said,
“So, are you planning on doing that post every week?”
I said that I had planned on completing this post every week.
“For how long?”
“Until I have read everything on [...]

Did you see my May Poetic License entry from last week? Did you see the comments? If not, you missed out. The Clerihew theme inspired some family contributions right in the comment section.
But fear not, because I’m going to post them all right here for your enjoyment. After you’ve read them, drop a comment here [...]

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To quote Public Enemy: “Once again, back is the incredible.”
That’s right, it’s time once again for Pensieve’s Poetic License, the monthly poetry carnival designed to stretch one’s creaky poetic muscles.
This month, not only is the form one I’ve never done before, but I’ve never even heard of [...]

This post is part 2 in a series entitled Symbols of Redemption. For part 1, click here.
Last week, in part one of this series, I talked about my many incomplete journals. I admitted that I’m pretty good about coming up with new ideas and starting new things, but that I often have trouble carrying those [...]

My reading time has been falling off the last couple of weeks, and I need to get things back in gear. Drat those NBA Playoffs and their late games! Even with Tivo, it’s a time-commitment. If it weren’t for my audiobook reading, I wouldn’t have much to say at all…
Books completed in week 5
“Duma Key: [...]

Ever wonder what I look like while writing for two hours each morning?
No? Well never-mind that. Check it.
A few days ago, Carlos at Ragamuffin Soul posted a time-lapse video of his work-day. Check it out if you haven’t already. He does some great videos.
After seeing the video, I noticed that Carlos used a program called [...]

So I have another post up on the Compassion blog. It’s called Maybe Next Time, a Smile, and you can find it here. An excerpt:

I stood in the courtyard playground of that child development center in Bonao, hours outside of Santo Domingo and less than a day after arriving in the Dominican Republic (DR), and [...]

I have journals. Lots of them. Mostly in a pile on top of the bookcase in my office.
Of course, you already know I have journals. I’m certain I’ve mentioned this before.
But what you don’t know is that none of these journals are full. Except for one. But we’ll get [...]