The Worst Journey in the World Apsley Cherry-Garrard I love the poetry and good humour of Apsley Cherry-Garrard's introduction: Polar exploration is at once the cleanest and most isolated way of having a bad time which has been devised. It is … [Continue reading]
In Him was life, and that life was the light of men
In Him was life, and that life was the light of men In him was LIFE. Another of the great words, the great themes of this Gospel. LIFE for our lifelessness, our hopelessness, our inner deadness . LIFE, the great antidote for the depression that … [Continue reading]
IN THE BEGINNING
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. I grew up in India where religious chants spilled into the streets, early into the morning with the muezzins holler--Allah oh Akbar...There is no God, but God, and … [Continue reading]
LITTLE WOMEN by Louise May Alcott
I am listening to Little Women on CD with the children in the car. I probably haven't read it since I was twelve. I first encountered it when I was 8 and read it several times over the next few years, sobbing over Beth's death, furious with Amy. The … [Continue reading]
Ten Shekels and a Shirt
"Ten Shekels and a Shirt" Paris Reidhead's fiery sermon is one of the most listened to sermons of all time. Read the transcript here http://www.parisreidheadbibleteachingministries.org/tenshekels.shtml … [Continue reading]
What a Blogger Needs: Time and Regular Habits
Richard Webster of Writers in Oxford on blogs "But they do demand something which not all writers possess – time and regular habits. Running a blog is rather like running a shop. If you don’t open regularly you will end up with no customers. Of … [Continue reading]
Pictures from an Institution, by Randall Jarrell
What I am Reading: Pictures from an Institution, by Randall Jarrell. Luscious, carefully written sentences, each one a delight. One of the most carefully written novels I've read in a long time. Not just funny, but absolutely hilarious. Enjoyed the … [Continue reading]
Gene Golub R.I.P.
We were saddened recently by the death of Gene Golub, my husband Roy's post-doctoral adviser at Stanford. A brilliant scientist, but more a people person, genuinely interested in people, who gave each person the impression that he thought they were … [Continue reading]