Recently, I read my way very slowly, carefully, and thoughtfully through R. Jay Wallace's (excellent) The View From Here: On Affirmation, Attachment, and the Limits of Regret. I credit my "slowly" in part to my overall commitment to reading for content, not number of books read (though I tend to honor that commitment with varying…
In-between thoughts: recovery and YOUR MASK GOES OVER YOUR @#$%!^$# NOSE
One day last week we made the mistake of going to the gym at the WORST time of all: after 5pm. Never ever EVER go to the gym between 3pm and 7pm. Just don't do it. Especially during COVID. Anyway, besides the stress of trying to maintain social distance and carve a meandering path between…
Final thoughts on philosophical theology
I kind of can't believe I did it. I can't believe I carefully read and blogged my way through the Oxford Handbook of Philosophical Theology. I'm so, so glad I did and am so, so glad it's over! (Side note - I feel like lots of my accomplishments fall into this category - I feel…
2021 Thematic Menu Planning (recipes linked!)
The post the prophecy foretold! Aka, a chance to share pretty much ALL of my favorite recipes. As documented elsewhere, I love love love food -- making it, eating it, finding new recipes. It's all delightful. That being said, I don't always find it delightful. When weeks get nutty and the stress ramps up, planning…
In-between thoughts: wtf
I don't have a lot of coherent, non-ragey, non-heartbroken thoughts right now, especially while grunting and sweating through a progressive overload leg workout, because of THINGS. So here is some ramble. How are we supposed to keep going with normal life? There is a pandemic. Fully one of two of our political parties are fine…
My goal for 2021: Rest
After an incredibly stressful 2020 (for non-COVID reasons, believe it or not!), anticipating an even more stressful semester for Spring 2021, after weeks of poor sleep (I cannot seem to get into Deep Sleep for the life of me), and after the incredibly insane, violent, and horrifying traitorous mob storming the Capitol last week, I…
The real American Experiment
Watching the events of Wednesday, January 6 unfold will forever be one of the defining "shocked" memories of my life as an American citizen. It joins the ranks of 9/11, waking up to the results of the 2016 presidential election, and learning about our country's practice of putting immigrant children in cages and separating them…
In-between Thoughts: new things in the new year
Remember this series?! That I'm picking it up again must mean... I'm back at the gym!! Repping TNC with my gym mask! Let's build muscles *and* build a more resilient planet. We can do two things! Our regular gym, the university rec center, was closed for most of the pandemic last year, and even when…
The isolation of honesty
I've been thinking about honesty a lot lately. Our country is undergoing a crisis of honesty, where we can't rely on some of our institutions and media to tell us the truth, and thus can't rely on others to have the truth to give us. Being "honest" these days can be fraught, difficult, uncertain, confusing.…
