Gastronomical perfection can be reached in these combinations: one person dining alone, usually upon a couch or a hill side; two people, of no matter what sex or age, dining in a good restaurant; six people, of no matter what sex or age, dining in a good home. M.F.K. Fisher (via sunshineandrainbows) That is suchContinue reading

psychotherapy: Currently reading, and highly recommended (especially for any artists/writers out there). Takes on, and triumphs over, the long-standing cultural myth that therapy and/or psych medications somehow hinder the creative process in individuals. It does so with essay after intelligent essay from working poets who have been in treatment of one form or another, talkingContinue reading

A fully realized faith is dead.

Spending three hours reading from a Jewish Prayer Book might not be how most young Christians want to spend their Friday nights, but that’s where I found myself tonight. Yom Kippur began at sundown this evening, and an old co-worker of mine invited me to the Shabbat services to see what a High Holiday observanceContinue reading “A fully realized faith is dead.”