It turned cold here yesterday. The wind blew in with teeth bared, howling down the walkway between buildings as my friend and I hurried toward our meeting inside. Hunched forward slightly, chins tucked, hugging ourselves against the wind’s chill, clammy bite, we comforted ourselves with the usual chatter. “You know what I’m going to do [...]
Archive for January, 2010
Sleeper, Awake
Posted in General, Self-examination, Society, tagged awareness, humanity, humility, Personal, perspective, poverty, Self-examination, spiritual life on January 30, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Dear Fred
Posted in Communication, Self-examination, Writing, tagged Annie Dillard, Art, Books, Frederick Buechner, God, musings, novels, Personal, perspective, reflections on writing, Self-examination, the writing life, Writing, writing process on January 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
It was only a passing thought: Maybe I should write a letter to Frederick Buechner (it’s pronounced BEEKner, by the way) with a CC to Annie Dillard. A couple of things stopped me. First of all, Fred is in his 80s. I decided anybody who writes the way he does for as long as he [...]
