Once a blog about a house, and still is.
Finding grace in unlikely places.
Processing current culture through the lense of the Gospel of Jesus.
Always balancing the tightrope of caring about this world, and not caring too much.
Well, I've spent at least half of today trying to create a rainbow! And wouldn't you know it, it's quite hard for a human to create one. It's been pretty gloomy here in Portland, OR. So I thought why not try and create a rainbow in the place that I like the least? My kitchen sink. I played around with a flash light for A LONG TIME. But it's been so fun using my lense to soften and create beauty in my everyday mess. I'm really looking forward to experimenting more with this when the sun comes out. :) But for now, as November is upon me, there's a prayer that I like to pray while I'm at my kitchen sink: Let my work be my prayer, and my prayer my work. I'd like to include my instructor Joy's wisdom for chasing rainbows. This is wisdom that emerges after decades of practice, lessons for the soul without letting all the technicalities get in the way. 1. Keep your eyes fully open - practice the crucial art of paying attention. 2. Look to the light....
A sweet fisher paykel dishwasher at habitat for humanity. Should we get it or not? 2 drawer model so you don't have to do a full load every time, you can just load 1 drawer and run 1 drawer or both drawers at a time. a really smokin deal. posted from Bloggeroid
For awhile now I've been reading Nick Cave's Red Hand Files . When I came across them, (thanks to one of my favorite podcasts The Mockingcast . You can gain some backstory about Nick Cave around the 51 minute mark) I was sort of blown away by his humble yet to the point, very gracious responses to questions his fans write in. Some of the questions are funny. Like, "Who do you want to win Love Island?" Nick Cave watches Love Island??? And some are desperate yet common. "What is the point in life?" The latest question a fan asks had me reading in wonder. The audacity! How could someone be so close-minded? Selfish! Controlling! How is Nick Cave going to answer this guy? The question reads like this: "I recently learned that there is a sitting Supreme Court Justice, here in the United States, who is a fan of a musician I love. This musician has passed. The Justice, in my opinion, is dangerous to this country, and holds views I abhor. I firmly believe, t...
Love me some Jay Anderson rants.
ReplyDeleteoh gosh i want to be there. not so much helping per se, but just to say funny things and have them recorded and all that stuff.
ReplyDeleteok ok. and to help. of course.
dude i want you here to hang out and make funny comments. if work is done, that would be ok too.
ReplyDeleteeither way it will be recorded
ReplyDeletehey where's that funny video of me picking up stuff and getting mad? it's not That funny, but it's sort of funny.
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