Weekdays, I can count on three emails in my inbox. One is the New York Times Daily Briefing, which, on good days, I read with care. The second is from theSkimm, also a daily news summary and which again, on good days, I read with care. And the third is from Merriam-Webster: their Word-of-the-Day. They give […]
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I had a happy childhood. That small fact is likely adequate to spoil my hopes of ever being a *good* writer, but there it is. The actual truth is that I had a very happy childhood. That said, I did not own a pair of Nike’s until well into the sixth grade, maybe later, and […]
Read moreI think I’m a morning person. This seem to be increasingly the case, anyway, as the needs of my day demand it. Yet the thoughts that come in the morning are of the hazy kind, the less true kind. They come quickly enough–too quickly– like so much water poured from a bucket. I like thoughts […]
Read moreI have finally finished my thank-you letters for our trip to Kenya. I know, I know. That trip was a year ago now. More. We returned from Kenya on June 16, 2007 and today, by all accounting, is August 13, 2008. High time I mailed those letters, don’t you think? As I said, they are […]
Read moreWe have a friend named Nate who makes films. You can visit his film site by clicking on his company name, “Fourth Line Films” on the right. Or you can visit his blog here. Both links would be Very Much Worth your time. We got to know Nate last spring when he and a film […]
Read moreOur family rooted for the Giants on Sunday night– and this, to the mild (perhaps) dismay of my sister Emily, who lives in western Mass and so, of course, was rooting for the Patriots. We did root for the Patriots when they were in the Super Bowl six years ago, but that was when they […]
Read moreWe held the 3rd HopeFest last Sunday. It was a beautiful day, and a beautiful event, and Bill is Not Entirely Discouraged from giving it another go next year… But that is for another post. We truly had glorious weather, and surely that is a Sign From God, is it not? We can plan until […]
Read moreI’m guessing that one of the more unusual things about our trip to Kenya was the documentary film crew that traveled with us. I’ve failed to mention it here, though these photos were originally going to be part of a blog post way back in April…. But I ran out of time. Yes, Fourth Line […]
Read moreO Mother, please don’t worry,O my lover, please don’t cry,never pin your hopes to the groundwhen they’re meant for the sky I will tell you that– from the beginning– I was afraid to go to Africa. I can’t say why, exactly. It was the “unknown” thing, I’m sure. The fear was eased, somewhat, because of […]
Read moreEverett at play with children at Beacon of Hope.
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