Love is patient, part one
Let us not become weary in doing good, for we believe that in God's timing we will receive a harvest from our endurance. Wait patiently...
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Shanley McConnell
- Feb 6
- 2 min
The Monday Review, week twenty five
1. Brother of the More Famous Jack, Barbara Trapido This small, seemingly unassuming novel was recommended to me by a new friend in...
Shanley McConnell
- Jan 30
- 3 min
The Monday Review, week twenty four
1. Dear Boy, Emily Berry I walked into old memories where I would visit the quiet, brightly-lit fourth floor of the Wellgate Library on...
- Apr 6, 2018
- 1 min
Be Close To The Broken-Hearted
be close to the broken-hearted somehow make suffering turn this evil against itself so that a greater life rises from the dark god,...
- Apr 4, 2018
- 4 min
Things I Learned In The Process: Planning & Hosting A Poetry Reading
Hello. Things I Learned In the Process. Planning & Hosting A Poetry Reading is fulfilling, uplifting, engaging. It is full of curious...
- Mar 30, 2018
- 3 min
Review of A Horse Walks Into A Bar by David Grossman, published by DURA.
David Grossman (Jonathan Cape, 2016); hbk, £14.99 Shortlisted for The Man Booker International Prize of 2017, A Horse Walks Into A Bar is...
- Mar 24, 2018
- 1 min
Poetry Flows In Us
Poetry flows within some of us like blood in our veins a DNA determining function, form— the foundation for faith it is the genetic,...
- Mar 16, 2018
- 2 min
Solidarity; But Stronger--Still Are The Blessed.
"My counsel for you is simple & straightforward: 'Step forward with your arms full and hands open. you've received Jesus Christ, the...
- Mar 11, 2018
- 5 min
Guest Post: The Embrace, with Prose Writer Helen Brower
What a delight it is to welcome Helen Brower to the blog today. I met this sweet friend about six months ago, and I remember we bonded...
- Mar 1, 2018
- 3 min
But We Have Flowers.
please watch this first: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2S9An4AX0M Around two years ago, October-November 2015, this video found its...
- Feb 27, 2018
- 3 min
Review of Aiding and Abetting by Muriel Spark,published by DURA.
Aiding and Abetting Muriel Spark (Viking, 2000); Pbk, £12.99 "Do not lose hold of the name Hildegard Wolf,” warns narrator and renowned...
- Feb 23, 2018
- 2 min
In 'The Age Of Everything Is Very Beautiful'
Think of those people. The ones you hate. The ones that call themselves blessed because everything in their life is beautiful. You don't...
- Feb 18, 2018
- 3 min
May We Never Be Without Confidence
Okay but you wouldn't stop to take a vote standing on a ship that's sinking straight down into the depths of the sea. All's i'm saying...
- Feb 18, 2018
- 3 min
Review of The Museum of Disappearing Sounds by Zoë Scoulding, published by DURA.
The Museum of Disappearing Sounds. Zoë Skoulding (Seren, Poetry Wales Press, 2013); Paperback; £8.99 This crashes around the skull. It...
- Feb 14, 2018
- 3 min
How To Learn That Love Is Never The Go-To Let-Go
when you read: listen to Juliet's Dream by Abel Korzeniowski. "Love is like dried flowers sometimes. Even though you watch the petals...
- Feb 10, 2018
- 2 min
Choosing Calligraphy Pens
When it comes to art & ink, there are hundred of writing utensils to choose from. I cannot begin to count the brands I have chosen over...
- Feb 7, 2018
- 3 min
Creating a Spiritual Practice, by Alex Franks
How lovely it is to welcome Alex Franks to my blog. I love the honesty with which this friend chooses to embrace sincerity and struggle....
- Feb 4, 2018
- 2 min
Literature Review of Gone: A Girl, A Violin, A Life Unstrung by Min Kym.
Gone: A Girl, A Violin, A Life Unstrung, Min Kym. Min Kym (Viking, 2017); pbk, £9.99 It seemed to sum up why one plays: the music you...
- Jan 30, 2018
- 3 min
Literature Review: The Lonely Hearts Hotel by Heather O' Neill
The Lonely Hearts Hotel (Longlisted, 2017 Baileys Women's Prize). Heather O'Neill (riverrun, 2017); pbk, £13.39 With vivid illustrations,...
- Jan 26, 2018
- 1 min
Dear Unsettling World 2017
Dear Unsettling World 2017, We predict your future based on your past. We doubt, we fear, we wander. We watched bombs fall from the sky....
- Jan 22, 2018
- 3 min
Shoes To Suit Every Season
I have always loved shoes. Little miss shoes. That's what my great grandfather used to call me. I would wear those little, red sparkles...
- Jan 21, 2018
- 2 min
Wisdom, Discernment & Knowledge
it's harder now that wisdom is so interchangeable with knowledge. And I think I know less now. Sometimes that seems the case, doesn't it?...
- Jan 20, 2018
- 3 min
Review of Milk and Honey, Rupi Kaur.
my heart woke me crying last night how can i help i begged my heart said write the book Write the book: the hurting, the loving, the...
- Jan 20, 2018
- 1 min
When The Waves Ride In
I’m twenty days late for a New Years’ post, but rereading old resolutions has led me to believe reflection comes in two waves, crashing...
- Jan 20, 2018
- 2 min
My Friends
It is wonderful to sit before you. I wish you a beautiful good-morning, good-evening, good-afternoon. It's that in-between, dusky-rainy...
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