So, to follow-up after that peaceful, grateful post about Rest, I realized it’s been a long time since I made a list of the stuff I’m engaged in. When it turned out to be seven distinct items, and I realized it was Friday, I knew I needed to jump back Read more »
Category Archives: Personal
Reveling in Rest
I had a very, um, productive second-half of the week, and a corresponding sense of accomplishment and pride (and relief) in what I’ve completed. This week I’ve been hauling feed bags, carrying loads of straw, and shoveling chicken poop. I’ve joked with people that I’m getting fit the old-fashioned way– Read more »
Is there a way to stop caring if I look like a fool?
I’ve been (re) reading the bit in Chesterton’s Orthodoxy about the logic of Elfland, and how the wonder that exists in that story-world is to remind us of the wonder we forget of our own world. And I’m filled with this surge of remembering. Of my capacity for wonder and Read more »
Influencing Songs
I’ve said before how I collect songs as a sort of emotional personality profile, or as emotional plot-points in a novel. Sometimes those emotional plot points turn the song on its head. This one for example:
Speaking of Homeschooling
Here’s a reprint from about two-and-a-half years ago. Because the idea of ambassador is one I want to keep in front of me. For many reasons. I mentioned that life will be getting even busier soon since school will be starting, then added the clarification that we are homeschooling. “Oh,” Read more »
You know what’s delicious?
Going through a list of personal interests/roles/priorities (this resource was what prompted the inventory) and firming which ones are just for me. All mine. Only and completely for my own enjoyment of life, and nothing to do with what anybody else thinks. This is a big deal because it means Read more »
Defender
I’m a defender. It’s what I do– often without thinking about it. I see someone on the defensive doing poorly, I jump in on their side. Especially if it’s an argument I know and think I could do better than them. I think I lost a friend this way last Read more »
Reading, Rabbits and Arhythmofwriting?
Eh. I’m just trying to decide if I can do “3 Rs” here at Untangling Tales without boring my delightful lurkers. So here’s your chance to tell me. I’m always shocked at the number of hits my stat-counter tells me I’m getting, and while some of it is Google sending Read more »
Boundries
Apparently they aren’t just about saying *no*. I pretty much have that down (despite it making me feel like a jerk sometimes), so I’ve not paid close attention to the topic when it comes up. The study of boundaries (or rather, the person teaching about them) also suggests that I, Read more »
Eccentric
“Wow,” my mom said when I told her. “I though you had to be way older. That’s really cool.” Last week someone was describing first-impressions and one of the words he used for me was eccentric. I mentioned this after church, and one of the women seemed to grow offended Read more »
