I’ve prayed a lot about forgiveness over the last two years. I’ve thought a lot about it, read a lot. Most of what’s been written on forgiveness in Christian circles assumes the goal is reconciliation in ongoing, otherwise healthy relationships. There’s not as much written and preached on forgiveness in situations of abuse and abandonment.Continue reading “The Angel of Resentment”
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Ceramics Saturdays: The Moon Jar
The next couple of entries in Ceramics Saturdays are going to be about Korean ceramics. The moon jar (dalhangari) is one of the most, if not the most, famous of Korean ceramic forms. Thrown all throughout the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910), the most collectible and prized examples today date from the 18th century, when technique andContinue reading “Ceramics Saturdays: The Moon Jar”
Birthday Festschrift: 20-30
This was probably my most productive decade for creative stuff because it’s the last decade I wasn’t in academia (well, half the decade). It is a sad truth that there is only so much Creativity Juice in any one person, and even though it doesn’t seem like it, teaching freshmen how to write, reading theory,Continue reading “Birthday Festschrift: 20-30”
Unauthorized Uses: Wine Corks
After I hosted 11 people for Thanksgiving, several of them serious wine enthusiasts, I ended up with a lot of corks. I rubbed my hands together in glee. There’s nothing I like better than a wine cork for multi-purpose Rigging of Things. I already mentioned corks in a previous post, but wine corks’ size makesContinue reading “Unauthorized Uses: Wine Corks”
Hoshigaki Update
They’re done! Notice the sugars on the outside, and when you squeeze them, they’re uniformly soft inside (except seeds).
Letter of Recommendation: Christmas Pyramids
I think I’ve already established that I’m pro-Christmas. I have a pretty elaborate decorating scheme this year that I’ll share once it’s all set up, but for now I wanted to put on your holiday radar an old favorite that I’ve recently rediscovered: German Christmas pyramids. They’re called pyramids because the most famous of themContinue reading “Letter of Recommendation: Christmas Pyramids”
Friendship
I took (nearly) a week off blogging because some dear friends from high school came and spent the holiday with me. I just want to say this about it: it’s such a blessing to have people in my life that I don’t have to explain, defend, or prove myself to. We chose and will neverContinue reading “Friendship”
Letter of Recommendation: The Seven Citadels
Since I mentioned in my last festschrift post my favorite fantasy publisher, that reminded me of the series, which is Geraldine Harris’s Seven Citadels. There are 4 books in the series, which is now out of print, so you’ll have to find them on used sites: Prince of the Godborn, Children of the Wind, TheContinue reading “Letter of Recommendation: The Seven Citadels”
Birthday Festschrift: Second Decade
We have a lot more to choose from in the 10-20 age range. Since it’s Thanksgiving, I’ll start with…. Art Another favorite of my mom’s. I believe it was drawn on an inner-office envelope from my dad’s work. Music I wrote a lot of music during this time period because my parents got me aContinue reading “Birthday Festschrift: Second Decade”
Whole Wheat Japanese Milk Bread: Attempt #1
I’m a cook, not a baker. The difference is kind of the difference between an engineering mindset (start with a basic design, hack until success is achieved) versus a scientific mindset (test a hypothesis through experiments in which you control for variables; also, actually read the directions). I’m definitely an engineer. I encountered whole-wheat JapaneseContinue reading “Whole Wheat Japanese Milk Bread: Attempt #1”
The Rookery 