Day 5 - A Song That Reminds You of Someone

Day 4 - A Song That Makes Me Sad

AND...

process

"Most students . . . feel that they must first have something to say brefore they can put it down on paper.  For them writing is little more than recording a preexistent thought.  But . . . writing is a process in which we discover what lives in us. The writing itself reveals what is alive."

- Henri Nouwen

day 03 – a song that makes you happy

Gogol Bordello - "Start Wearing Purple"

30 day song challenge--Least favorite song

Hard to single out just one. When I was like 13 years old they played this stupid song to death.  I turn off the radio anytime I hear it now. 

why i write

"The deepest satisfaction of writing is precisely that it opens up new spaces within us of which we were not aware before we started to write.  To write is to embark on a journey whose final destination we do not know.  Thus, creative writing requires a real act of trust. We have to say to ourselves, "I do not yet know what I carry in my heart, but I trust that it will emerge as I write." Writing is like giving away the few loaves and fishes one has, in trust that they will multiply in the giving.  Once we dare to "give away" on paper the few thoughts that come to us, we start discovering how much is hidden underneath . . . and gradually come in touch with our own riches."

-Henri Nouwen

30 day song challenge--your favorite song

best things about May

1.  NBA playoffs virtually every day.
2.  It's not hot yet.
3.  It's not really that cold anymore.
4.  It stays light until 9:00 p.m.
5.  Kiddie Kollege on Tuesday and Thursday with Miss Rachel.
6.  No classes for me.
7.  Clean office (in process).
8.  Hitting wiffleballs every day.
9.  Reading many, many pages just for the fun of it every day.
10.  No papers to grade for four months.
11.  Fastpitch softball begins again.
12.  The Cubs, no matter how bad they are, still have a chance to redeem the season.
13.  Morgan laying in the sun on the back deck.
14.  Walks in the woods.
15.  Biking.
16.  P90X with renewed intensity.
17.  Did I mention the NBA playoffs?
18.  Playing the uke and the harmonica
19.  Dandelions.
20.  Burning leafs left over from last fall.
21.  Veggies growing in the various containers and raised beds.
22.  Vacuuming the pretzels, cheerios, cinnamon toast crunch, french fries, and other filth from my car because I  finally have the time.
23.  The daily office.
24.  Reading group begins, again.
25.  Church softball.
26.  Lunch time basketball.
27.  Shooting hoops in the driveway.
28.  Memorial Day weekend.
29.  The bouncy jump in the backyard.
30.  Sydney's fifth birthday.
31.  Jeanie counting down the days to the end of school.

Quote of the day

“Osama bin Laden, as we all know, bore the most serious responsibility for spreading divisions and hatred among populations, causing the deaths of innumerable people, and manipulating religions to this end. In the face of a man’s death, a Christian never rejoices, but reflects on the serious responsibilities of each person before God and before men, and hopes and works so that every event may be the occasion for the further growth of peace and not of hatred.”

- Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, Vatican spokesman, on the death of Osama bin Laden.