"I like the feeling of driving..."

transitions
Gilmores and Grey's
baseball, beer, cotton candy, Renteria and Chipper homeruns, the Rocket's last game, fireworks
late night talks
storage
bluegrass and bbq
walks with roommates
processing

not tripping on the borrowed robe
mix cd in the car
hymns accompanied by guitar Andy
i don't drink coffee
boundaries

"In the shadows of tall buildings..."

many days to cover:

picture day
wednesday night meditations
my pseudo-internship
new grey's
celebrations
mix cds
the ease of familiar liturgy
hmmm.

"sniffing essential oils"

tiny people playing and swinging outside my office window
free lunch
the idea of John herding small animals whenever he studies
getting bits of work done
walks, talks and frisbee
hours of tv

the weekend

chinese lunch
wonderful students
surprise sightings of new friends and old
decent spiritual practices
swinging
a Kempis prayer


hand turkey compliments
hanging out with Anjie
not doing schoolwork
dinner and Jay Clifford at Eddie's
finding my drink

class, meeting, focus, play, spectate

free lunch
having an office
writing like crazy -- 6 pages in less than 2 hours
frisbee
random call from random friend with random awesome baseball tickets
sitting in the 2nd row behind the guest dugout
figuring out who Dontrelle Willis is
cotton candy, beer, pizza, and coke
73 pictures

"only beauty is our burden here and that don't seem like such a heavy load"

today:
soft hair
friends to keep me awake in class
rain
kind professors in the early morning
a small but productive meeting about children
mimosa sorbet at Fake Jake's
collaboration
designing a new service of centering
praying the psalms
things coming together
women with guitars and captivating voices
Gray's
long days and hard-earned sleep

yesterday:
being part of the staff
an almost-full chapel
good classes
non-profit consideration
a Tallahassee evening

small groups

student lunch
a little frisbee
W'burg dinner
conversation

cello sounds like the human voice

being there when needed
well-received ideas
neutral turf
funny pictures from hunting for scavenges
laughing
so many cooks in the kitchen
explicating and defending tradition
and now, going to bed

"Dry my Carolina tears with..."

live music, even solo
especially music you can't help closing your eyes to

frisbee

an early morning prof, true to his word
cotton candy and burger and coke

chaufferring funny boys home

a cute new top