Archive for September, 2011
My Kingdom For A Voice
My first copy of Lifes Rich Pageant was a cassette copy from my brother’s vinyl. There was a skip on the record during “These Days,” and to this day when I listen to that song there’s a part of me that waits for that little stutter. It’s not there, as I now listen to a [...]
September 21, 2011
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Jen · 
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Tags: history, music · Posted in: Uncategorized
Rising up.
It rises up, the grief. It comes up at happy times, and perversely stays away at sad ones. It wants to defy anticipation. “Here is a day I will feel it,” I’ll think, and then it will not appear, only to come up at another time. When it is fresh, it doesn’t have to rise [...]
September 19, 2011
· Jen · 6 Comments
Tags: dad, grief, love · Posted in: family
Ten years.
This weekend I went on retreat at a Trappist monastery in Berryville, VA. Never having done such a thing before, I was curious, filled mostly with interested anticipation but with a little trepidation. Would I go crazy, I wondered, with nearly 48 hours off the grid entirely, not just no internet, but no phone, no [...]
September 11, 2011
· Jen · 4 Comments
Tags: faith, history, questions, thoughts · Posted in: cats, faith
