Category: <span>Life</span>

Published December 27, 2009 by

Wait it out

It’s peculiar coming to the end of a year – a year I have yet to really reflect on – and not really knowing what next year holds in terms of work or friends or what living in a completely different part of Melbourne looks like. I don’t dislike the changes but I do prefer things to have a bit more of a lid on them. I’m not so comfortable in limbo land.

For Christmas Geoff bought me From Sometimes which is a conceptual book of postcards. I am inspired to find a mechanism to write down small things.

I truly love the new Imogen Heap CD Ellipse. Here is a youtube clip of ‘Wait it Out‘, do listen.

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Published December 21, 2009 by

We have moved

As the title says.

There are lots of cupboards, a dishwasher and a pantry, a garage we can fit our car into and fruit trees. Geoff can walk to work and it’s like a 2 minute drive to a decent shopping centre and also a exceptional woodfire pizza place that does free home-delivery. We have internet now. The orange walls are kind of more reddish/pink/orange than the bright orange I remembered. I have not yet put up the Christmas tree again. We’ve done lots of unpacking, although I need to work out how to deal with all the books. There are lots of cupboards.

Photos to come.

Life

Published December 13, 2009 by

Manage without pocket-handkerchiefs

As Dwalin from the Hobbit kindly reminds,

“You will have to manage without pocket-handkerchiefs, and a good many other things, before you get to the journey’s end.”

I am in the midst of a terribly crazy last week (now) of packing to move. Geoff is on his intensive and I have plenty of other things I have to do as well as things I would like to do but don’t have time for. It’s not exactly the most relaxing of Christmas Holidays but then again not all of them have ever been that relaxing. Thus the absence of things like Illustration Friday (which will resume when things settle down) and the low to none content on this blog.

I have also had my first interview – which I think went quite well, although I don’t think the job is really quite what I’m looking for. It would in many ways be easier if I don’t get it, but we shall see.

Holidays Life Out of Home

Published December 8, 2009 by

Your questions

Where is the good way?
There, find rest
Throw wide your chest and let
questions pour out
and follow, follow
until gently they join
with your soul and as peers,
content like friends – walk beside.

Let questions and soul and maker
meet and rest and find the kingdom way
A gentle way of thunder,
of miracle and newness,
of hope, renewal
and creativity.

Ask: the good way.
Go the good way with your questions.

Christianity Life Words

Published December 8, 2009 by

Christmas Reflection

This lack of understanding compounding
my tiny brain.

How can I understand a child
before I am a mother
How can I understand a man
so dimly tangible

God man.
Jesus.

Help me find you through your birth

This frailty a point more clear
and at our mercy to choose
day in, day out
-too often I do not choose

Help me to choose
The word
Who has become flesh
and dwelt among us
while you seem more near
(Or at least while you are smaller)

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