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day 28/40: #40shoutouts40days

2016-03-092016-03-092 Comments

Dear Anne Lamott, Twenty-nine days ago I pledged to praise one extraordinary human being each day for Lent. Forty shout-outs in forty days. Miraculously, I am writing more than ever and somehow I am not losing my mind and neglecting my personal hygiene, at least not entirely. I'm out of dry shampoo but that's another … Continue reading day 28/40: #40shoutouts40days

day 5/40: #40shoutouts40days

2016-02-152016-02-15Leave a comment

Dear Michael Leunig, If I hadn't fallen in love with an Australian I wouldn't have met you. What a tragedy that would have been. As newlyweds in Australia, my husband and I lay in bed reading your book Short Notes on the Long History of Happiness. We found it on our nightstand in Melbourne and … Continue reading day 5/40: #40shoutouts40days

a prayer – the supper of the lamb

2015-01-292015-02-011 Comment

"O, Lord, refresh our sensibilities. Give us this day our daily taste. Restore to us soups that spoons will not sink in, and sauces which are never the same twice. Raise up among us stews with more gravy than we have bread to blot it with, and casseroles that put starch and substance in our … Continue reading a prayer – the supper of the lamb

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