January 2012
10 posts
A Blog as Therapy for Teenagers →
Researchers find blogging provides a therapeutic value for teenagers.
It’s Not Me, It’s You →
Thanks to Facebook, the concept of “defriending” has become part of the online culture. But in the real world, breaking up is a lot more difficult.
More Anne Lamott...
Because she’s just awesome.
“I have a lot of faith. But I am also afraid a lot, and have no real certainty about anything. I remembered something Father Tom had told me—that the opposite of faith is not doubt, but certainty. Certainty is missing the point entirely. Faith includes noticing the mess, the emptiness and discomfort, and letting it be there until some light returns.” ―...
Madame Steinem would approve →
A Pilgrim’s Progress →
Yesterday I had the opportunity to hear Annie Leibovitz speak at Oblong Books in Rhinebeck, my local indie bookstore and literally the first place I went into when I moved up here.
Although Leibovitz is synonymous with portraiture — more specifically, portraits of celebrities and musicians — PILGRIMAGE doesn’t have any photos of people in it. Instead, the book is full of...
Bird by Bird...by bird...by bird...
Years ago when I had first started writing (well, writing professionally in that I hoped one day for someone to perhaps pay me for my words) someone suggested I read Anne Lamott’s BIRD BY BIRD.
I did. And I have no idea how many times I’ve read it since then. Probably like 3,425,723. Or at least 10.
Because I’m writing this post on my iPhone I’m not going to go on and...
i love this piece. a lot. →
amandapalmer:
neil and i were married one year ago, to the day. this is the story of our wedding, the “official one,” and what led up to it. i know, i know…it’s a bit late. i started compiling this blog in the weeks after our marriage and found - like many of my blogs - that the longer i left it unposted,…
in 2012...
….i will tumble more.
