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Archive for March, 2008

Turning over a new leaf

Posted in musings, stuff.of.life on March 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Spring is in the air, though the meaning of this phrase in TX is quite questionable, given that we’re already hitting 80F temps. Our transition here is really from winter (more accurately classified as late Fall elsewhere) to summer. Anyway, the trees are putting on their new clothes and I, too, have decided there’s no better [...]

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Storms, Rain and Dancing

Posted in aph.o.risms, musings, quo.ta.tions, re.flec.tions, recommended, stuff.of.life on March 20, 2008 | 2 Comments »

I came across a quote today that I’ve never encountered before, and that I really want to take to heart, even though I can’t find its author:
Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass; it’s about learning to dance in the rain.
If I believed this even just a few years ago, maybe I [...]

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Don’t Wanna Go

Posted in God.stuff, mile.stones, musings, pop.culture, quo.ta.tions, stuff.of.life, testimony on March 15, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Have had some flashbacks to my past this weekend, and I thank God that He has carried me this far: when the water was too high; when the streets were too dark. He has restored my hope.
I’m listening to Avalon’s song ”I Don’t Wanna Go” from their Testify to Love CD, released in March 2003. The lyrics [...]

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Something for your gray matter

Posted in aph.o.risms on March 7, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Life is neither something you defend by hiding, nor surrender calmly on other people’s terms, but something you live bravely, out in the open, and that if you have to lose it, you should also lose it on your own terms.
 
The Dew Breaker by Edwidge Danticat

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Tidbits Tuesday

Posted in in.dig.na.tion, international.affairs, re.flec.tions, stuff.of.life, surreal.jobs on March 4, 2008 | 3 Comments »

Quite by accident, I’m able to squeeze some alliteration into the title today. My high school English teacher would be proud of me–all those hours of English did count for something, after all.
It snowed in Dallas, TX overnight–our first snow this winter; and here I thought we already were in Spring! I’m not a weatherman, [...]

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