Living the Questions

it's been a little more than a week. i've not forgotten about my dear old blog. but i have been doing a lot of thinking. and thanking. and reflecting. and so on. maybe i'll share soon. lots of love.

so, i saw this little italian bakery while driving the other day. i just looked it up online to find out more about it and discovered that the owner is credited with the invention of tiramisu ! while i was already going to check it out, it's a definite in my near future...

i love when i bake something, and think i've done a really good job of keeping myself clean but then i see myself in the mirror and find batter all over my clothes :) i can't believe it is july... i also can't believe that in about 3 weeks my friend sarah will be getting married. and that in about 2 weeks, i'll be back in ga for a week.... the fourth of july is saturday. almost everyone else in the world has tomorrow off. because it's, you know, a national holiday. but not me. i'll be at work tomorrow. with the 3 kids whose parents decide to bring to camp. i've been in a decorating mood lately. it's wonderful to make things look nice and homey, but not so wonderful to the budget :) i really, really like the wizard of oz....

a lot of the secrets are really good this week! check 'em out.... http://postsecret.blogspot.com/

so, i'm not sure if any of you have ever seen this photo before, but i saw it for the first time tonight. if you haven't seen it, this was taken by a guy named kevin carter during the famine in sudan in 1993. it won the pulitzer prize in 1994. it's a picture of a little girl, completely emaciated from hunger, crawling to the u.n. food center, which is about 1 km away. and yes, that is a vulture following her. now, the story i heard tonight was that he waited 3 hrs to get the right shot (waiting for the vulture to open its wings) and when it didn't happen, he just took the pictures he had and left. just left. didn't do anything. just walked away. and then a few months later, he committed suicide. he was blasted by the journalistic community (and a lot of other people, i'm sure) for not getting involved in this little girl's life beyond taking the picture. no one really knows what happened to the girl, and this picture has become one that is used to show the ...

so, i have a little obsession. several months ago, i bought the movie guys and dolls from barnes and noble. i hadn't ever seen it, but i figured i'd like it because i love musicals, old movies and it starred frank sinatra and marlon brando. i was right. i liked it from the beginning. and i've watched it on and off since then, but lately, i just want to watch it all the time. and listen to the soundtrack. and sing the songs. and share it with people. besides just being a good story, there are some great songs and some really good lines in the movie, such as: Sarah: You want to take me to dinner in Havana, Cuba ? Sky: Well, they eat in Cuba the same as we do. Sarah: That bacardi flavor, it certainly makes a difference, doesn't it? Sky: Oh, yeah. Nine times out of ten. Sarah: You know, this would be a wonderful way to get children to drink milk! Brannigan: What brings all these senior delinquents together? Nathan: They got lonely. How am I supposed to know? Brannigan: Why...

How lovely are Your dwelling places, O LORD of hosts! My soul longed and even yearned for the courts of the LORD; My heart and my flesh sing for joy to the living God. The bird also has found a house, And the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, Even Your altars, O LORD of hosts, My King and my God. How blessed are those who dwell in Your house! They are ever praising You. Selah. How blessed is the man whose strength is in You, In whose heart are the highways to Zion! Passing through the valley of Baca they make it a spring; The early rain also covers it with blessings. They go from strength to strength, Every one of them appears before God in Zion. O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer; Give ear, O God of Jacob! Selah. Behold our shield, O God, And look upon the face of Your anointed. For a day in Your courts is better than a thousand outside. I would rather stand at the threshold of the house of my God Than dwell in the tents of wickedness. For the LORD God is a ...