beer & carols

holiday happiness

There are no words for how much I laugh every time I watch this. Maybe even funnier than it was in person. Spontaneity at its best.

Jesus really digs his Honeycomb Hideout

photo of the day - sept 14

sweet

photo of the day - sept 13

Satire.

photo of the day - sept 12

Sunday Morning...ahhh

photo of the day - sept 11

The Brown Palace Hotel.

photo of the day - sept 10

Happy Birthday, Dad.
9/10/1938-3/8/2008

photo of the day - sept 9

Happy Hour dinner on the patio at Lime.

photo of the day - sept 8

Shoe Whore.

photo of the day - sept 7

Tuesday night grocery shopping. Exciting stuff.

photo of the day - sept 6

photo of the day - sept 5

Over the Rhine at the Soiled Dove tonight. Fabulous.

photo of the day - sept 4

The two formerly known as the Little People. I've known these two since birth. So fun to get to take them to dinner and to see Despicable Me tonight. 

photo of the day - sept 3

New fabric. What to make?

photo of the day - sept 2

Nose piercing. Photo taken by the pastor.

photo of the day - sept 1

I love fresh flowers. Fabulous zinnias and black-eyed susans from Jim and Stuart's front yard.

new favorite

pondering

- is it time to re-visit spiritual direction?
- can I do a 48-hour silent retreat without coming out of my skin, and have something of value come from it? is it worth it (right now)?
- what if I really followed my heart, and didn't work in a white-collar sweat shop?
- what could that look like?
- if I really followed my heart, what the hell would that even mean?
- why am I not picking up my camera?
- what do I need to be writing?
- why does writing anything feeling so daunting these days?
- courage, o where art thou?
- how can I balance more writing and creative projects with my current job?
- continuing to watch idols of certainty and compentency crumble...

reading:listening:watching

Reading
A Homemade Life, Molly Wizenberg
Frank Stitt's Bottega Favorita: A Southern Chef's Love Affair with Italian Food*
Frank Stitt's Southern Table: Recipes and Gracious Traditions from Highlands Bar and Grill
3191 Evenings, Maria Alexandar Vettese and Stephanie Congdon Barnes
The Book Thief, Markus Zusak
Making Sense of Scripture: Big Questions About the Book of Faith, David J. Lose

Listening
David Rawlings Machine, A Friend of a Friend
Arcade Fire, Funeral
Johnny Cash, American IV: The Man Comes Around and American VI: Ain't No Grave
Willie Nelson, Country Music
Dewi Sant, May
Paste Sampler 62
Jonsi, Go

Watching
Glee episodes I missed
Police Women of Memphis

*In my opinion, Frank Stitt is the best chef in Birmingham, and Bottega is one of my favorite restaurants there.