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Other People’s Lives

I came across something the other day that reminded me of a time about 12 years ago or so that I briefly cyber-stalked this couple who ran adventure biking tours in the Himalayas. Well, cyber-stalked is an exaggeration, but I did end up spending literally hours Googling to find out what had happened to them,Continue reading “Other People’s Lives”

Aikido and Rhetoric: Emptiness

If you have notLinked yourselfTo true emptiness,You will never understandThe Art of Peace. Morihei Ueshiba, The Art of Peace This one of you, O human beings, is wisest, who, like Socrates, recognizes that he is in truth of no account in respect to wisdom. Plato, Apology As martial arts aimed at resolving conflict, both aikidoContinue reading “Aikido and Rhetoric: Emptiness”

Drama Queen: Word of Honor

So, after Rise of Phoenixes, I got sucked into another Chinese wuxia epic on Netflix, Word of Honor. There are several similar shows right now on Netflix themed around an epic bromance and/or love triangle (see also Untamed, Handsome Siblings, My Country), and I’d tried watching a couple of them and gotten all of 10Continue reading “Drama Queen: Word of Honor”

Aikido and Rhetoric: Where to from here?

One does not need buildings, money, power, or status to practice the Art of Peace (aikido). Heaven is right where you are standing, and that is the place to train. Morihei Ueshiba, The Art of Peace Most are at odds with that with which they most constantly associate — the account which governs the universeContinue reading “Aikido and Rhetoric: Where to from here?”

Aikido and Rhetoric: Centering

I’m starting a series on aikido and rhetoric because I’m a rhetorician by training, and for the last two years, I’ve been training in the Japanese martial art of aikido as well. I started noticing a lot of similarities between the two disciplines: similar ethics, similar practices, even similar concepts and terms. And after diggingContinue reading “Aikido and Rhetoric: Centering”

Year’s End

Happy to be where I am and grateful for all of you. ❤️

Forgiveness

As I wrote last week, I’ve been reading about forgiveness and talking to people about it and praying about it and obsessing over it basically since the day my husband came home and told me he was walking out on me and our 18-year marriage for a woman he had known for three weeks. So,Continue reading “Forgiveness”

The Angel of Resentment

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”

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”

Pierced Hands

I think I’ve mentioned I’m a bit of a clutz even though (I think) I try really hard not to be. One place this becomes really obvious is the kitchen. Though the frequency with which I burn and stab myself has definitely decreased with time, I’d say I still give myself a stitches-grade knife woundContinue reading “Pierced Hands”