This is the second part of a two-part post. Please read the first part first, here. Rilke again, 'cause dammit, he deserves to be read...

Without advent, Christmas arrives through the side door, and startles me while I'm brushing my teeth for bed. With advent, it enters wi...

You may remember I went through a rough patch in late 2005/early 2006: losing your mom, and then breaking up with The Reason You Moved Acros...

(the pictures are explained at the end of the post.) Before I get into that: a thought on music: the measure of a great songwriter, I...

I've decided, in a similar spirit to people choosing to read their old diaries, and see what insights/points/issues defined them at some...

Regarding the Virginia Tech Shootings, even though every blogger in the universe is talking about it: 1. wow. Overwhelming. Sad. I don...

Hi everybody. Thanks so much for continuing to care and hear about me. One of my other friends, who writes updates, kindly gave her reader...

Well, it's been a sticky patch, and as I once said before, I don't like writing update e-mails when I'm feeling sticky. (Just w...

It's been a miserable, white-knuckled fight with a cold for me these last two months (that's the knock-down, drag-out in the subje...