December 2010
16 posts
A lovely internet advertisement just asked me if I was interested in plumbing lessons, and I suddenly realized how much stuff there is out there that I just don’t know how to do. So yes, I would like to take plumbing lessons. I’d like to learn kenpo and karate. I’d like to learn how to paint, how to clog, how to hunt with a bow, how to build a skyscraper, how to compose a fugue,...
Hibernation
The leaves are all falling The fall is through stalling And winter is on its way The tops of the trees All bend in the breeze Singing along as they sway The dewdrops are freezing While storm clouds are sneezing And snowflakes come out to play So eat with a reason And sleep through the season Then open your eyes in May.
—Daniel Sellers
What I'm Reading:
It started out as a very interesting and entertaining read, but by the time I finished this last installment, it turned into what is now easily amid my top three favorite series of all time. The Hungry City Chronicles. I can’t even convey how well-imagined and well-written this series is, but you owe it to yourself to read the books and find out for yourself. It’s one heck of a good...
God Who Stretched the Spangled Heavens
I had never read this hymn until EachFarHorizon posted it. I quite like it :)
God, who stretched the spangled heavens, infinite in time and place, flung the suns in burning radiance through the silent fields of space; we, your children in your likeness, share inventive powers with you. Great Creator, still creating, show us what we yet may do. We have ventured worlds undreamed of since...
We Surrender!
Today in the mail I received a late Christmas present: suspenders! I have never owned my own set of suspenders before, so this was naturally a cause of great excitement on my otherwise average December 27th.
Although it wasn’t really quite that average, considering we still have about a foot of snow literally everywhere (and with temps clocking it at 19 degrees right now, I’d say...
Sno.
It has been snowing an awful lot. And by “awful,” I of course really mean “wonderful.” Right now we have 477/636 of a foot (that’s 9 inches for those of you who skipped class on fraction day in middle school) and it’s still snowing quite steadily, so we might have a nice solid foot come morning.
The day was, naturally, spent frolicking amid the white fluff. My...
Dear Moon,
Why were you hiding behind the clouds last night? I didn’t even notice when the Dark Lord of the Night stole you away to his dark Dream Palace. Luckily, Jinty filled me in on the sitch, and we were able to rally the other Moonkeepers and storm Dreamland on our Snoresluggs to rescue you.
Granted, it WAS a fun quest to save you. But don’t let it happen again, okay? No clouds...
I was bored tonight while waiting for the eclipse...
Imaginate, will ya?
Did you ever listen to Adventures in Odyssey back in the day? Remember Whit’s Imagination Station? I always used to wish that I had one of those, and then came the day when it hit me: “Oh wait, haha… I do!” My brain.
Call it a silly example, but I think Spongebob and Patrick have the right idea in the episode “Idiot Box,” when they order a huge TV, but throw...
What I'm Reading:
I just finished reading Predator’s Gold, the second book in The Mortal Engines Quartet, also known as The Hungry City Chronicles, and I just started reading Infernal Devices, book three. I discussed the first Hungry City book, Mortal Engines, in my last “What I’m Reading” post, and there’s not a whole lot to add at this point other than: I love these books....
I stayed up until 3 AM this morning writing this...
The Perfect Study Break
One pair of Bauer ice hockey skates, size ten? $3 at Goodwill.
Using said ice skates on a snow-frosted frozen lake at midnight under street-lamp and starlight? Priceless.
Each time the wind gusted, drifts of snow dust danced in ripples across the sparkling sheen that once was the surface of Lake Susan. All was quiet, save for the scratching whispers of my skate blades kissing the ice. With wind...
Got another song written. Yes, I’m aware...