we have our raincoats on in a drippy world sloshing around hand in hand we hear insides of things pretty and invisible and we make outsides for them so the world can see and love we see outsides too wandering in the wet with nothing inside so we fill them up warm and wonderful there […]

When looking over a mental array of descriptors in an effort to communicate with your fellow human beings, one of the factors you evidently don’t need to consider anymore is how well the actual definition of the word fits the thing to be described. I think this says a lot about our culture, but I’m not […]

he sat up high in the city, coffee steam curling around his head in the dirty air, faint sunrise past the skyline, and beautiful ways to say a thousand things. but he was quiet. because more important than using clever words is having someone to say them to.

– 1839, only survivor of a slang fad in Boston and New York c.1838-9 for abbreviations of common phrases with deliberate, jocular misspellings (cf. K.G. for “no go,” as if spelled “know go”); in this case, “oll korrect.” Further popularized by use as an election slogan by the O.K. Club, New York boosters. [dictionary.com] Now […]

Then said Jesus unto them, Be not afraid: go tell my brethren that they go into Galilee, and there shall they see me. Matthew 28:10 The gracious message which the Lord sent to the disciples after His resurrection. He appeared in person to the women who had come to do honour to His body. Last […]

Recently (like, within the last hour or two), I was meandering down my facebook news feed, and discovered an article that had been posted this morning by a couple of different friends, entitled, “A ‘Woman’s Choice’ is Declared Murder in NC as of Today” (click to read). The link, then and now, leads to the […]