Category Archives: Epiphanies and Meditations

With all due respect

Posted on May 22, 2009 by K

One thing my mother said to me many times when I was a young mother myself was, “Never let them think they are the center of the universe.”    I used to nod my head, and filed that advice away with … Continue reading →

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Conclavity of the Arts

Posted on May 17, 2009 by K

When I was invited to function as the Mormon Arts Foundation’s Chair of Literature some years ago, I wasn’t sure I wanted to do it.  Yeah, we make our living in the music biz, but that’s all just working class … Continue reading →

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~enter chaos

Posted on May 17, 2009 by K

            Soap Box:  Mormon Women drive me crazy.  I think they are a little like Jewish women, except without a trace of Yiddish accent—which is sad, because the accent adds charm to the signature guilt, guilt … Continue reading →

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~in just spring

Posted on May 11, 2009 by K

There was a time in my life when I believed in magic. (If you read this out loud, you must say the word – say “magic”—very softly, as though you are breathing it, and feeling the touch softly on your … Continue reading →

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Three gray old men walking

Posted on May 7, 2009 by K

Truth told, I never did pay much attention to Ludwig Wittkenstein, even after I’d seen Max Dugan Returns for the tenth time.  Until Sunday.  When he (not Dugan) showed up in Red and Rover and charmed my go-to-meetin’ socks off. … Continue reading →

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Evidently, charities do—sometimes—faileth . . .

Posted on May 7, 2009 by K

                  So it’s good to do some research.                  I wrote about Three Cups of Tea and Greg Mortenson.  And then I mentioned Peace Fleece (which is … Continue reading →

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Saplings

Posted on May 3, 2009 by K

                 I took myself by surprise this morning. I had been fasting; we all fast on the first Sunday of every month, the entire LDS world wide church, two meals.  We do this because … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Three Cups of Tea

Posted on April 30, 2009 by K

I don’t read non-fiction.  Like contracts and warrantees and instruction manuals.  Like informational books.  Reading this stuff gives me anxiety.  Like the summer I read Protein Power (Eades), the 678 page GoLive manual and the Zone, all in a couple … Continue reading →

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Thinking about thinking

Posted on April 28, 2009 by K

So Chaz and I were having lunch with Toni yesterday (thank you Ms. Toni – I am remembering that lunch fondly and with some regret that it’s over) and we were talking about a mess of stuff.  Honestly, we are … Continue reading →

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So much depends on small yellow boots

Posted on April 27, 2009 by K

We lost our tomatoes last night.  They froze.  So did our windshield.  But I refused to accept that as truth; I wouldn’t scrape the windshield.  I just pulled out of the driveway and faced the car into the sun and … Continue reading →

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