Twins

So, I have two sets of Twins in my life.  First, as some of you are aware, the MN Twins will be playing tonight against the White Sox in a duke it out, all or nothing game to see who wins the American League Central.  As someone who epitomizes the moniker “Fair Weather Fan” I must saythis is when [...]

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Film to check out

I just received an email last night from Sharon, the wonderful woman who befriended my mom and I during myhospital stay in Israel.  Pretty much she is the sweetest woman on the planet.  In any case, she wrote because her son, Amit, is a film director in Israel and one of his films has made it as a [...]

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SEE!!!

I know I have had conversations with some of you about this…my fear of little airplanes because of all of the people who have died in them…many of them famous musicians.  This blogger highlighted all of the ones I had in mind and then some. http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/stopthepresses/1826/musics-most-fateful-flights
 Good thing I was on morphine the only time I’ve flown [...]

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rate your state

Just saw this little article put out by the Wall Street Journal (via Yahoo…I’m not that cool) rating states in various areas: how extroverted their citizens are, how open they are to new ideas, etc.  I found some of the ones about Minnesota understandable and some surprising.  I must say I am pretty surprised about North [...]

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boxes everywhere

So, I’m moving!  I’ve signed a lease and will be moving to Minneapolis later this week.  I am going to be living in a house with four other women…I know…yikes, right?!  I’m actually pretty excited about that, though.  We’ll be living in a big old Victorian home and will have plenty of space.  And, they are [...]

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I could do without

I could really go on living quite well without the following:
1. The person in front of me in line, at say Target, accepting the offer to “save $2.10 today by opening up a Target credit card.”  If there are twenty check out lines open and you are the only customer in the store, be my guest, but [...]

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one year later

A year ago I stepped on a plane headed halfway around the world.  Well, technically, I stepped onto two planes a year ago.  The first brought me to Chicago, the second brought me to London. (On the 17th I flew to Addis).  I had a tearful goodbye with my folks as the MSP airport, extremely excited about, [...]

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crumbs

One of the things that has been tough for me about being up here in Duluth is the fact that I don’t have a lot of friends who stayed in this area. I still have a few high school friends around and I know a few others, but comparatively, I don’t have a big community [...]

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being shallow

I really dislike the mudslinging-side of politics.  Choosing to criticize your opponent instead of focusing on your own views and ideas about the issues is not the way to earn my vote, frankly.  I know that trash-talk is just part and parcel to today’s presidential races, but I find it rather shallow.  As a response, I think it is [...]

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posthumous advice from el maestro

(hopefully some of you will know that movie reference)
So, I have never been as tempted to steal a library book as I am right now.  I included a portion of Henri Nouwen’s book “Here and Now” a few weeks ago and today I must include another portion because it is, once again, extremely poignant. 
The Spirit [...]

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