The Saint in Winter — still looking for a home.
The Starlit Path — a chapbook of poetry. Almost done prepping for submission to a contest.
He Hates Christmas — a short story. About halfway through the first revision.
Jack’s Short Story — a short story. No title yet and about halfway through the first draft.
Milo the Dreamer — ah, my poor novel. Work will recommence once the chapbook is in the mail and He Hates Christmas is finished. Real soon now.
A snippet from IM at work today:
Robyn: hi. do you want the sauces?
Me: no, I’m already done eating.
Robyn: oh my!
Me: eats fast + is hungry = eats faster
Robyn: i’m going to call you Eats Faster from now on! 
Me: hehe
Me: Eats Fast and Furious?
Robyn: lol
Me: a film about drag-racing lunch wagons…
Robyn: i’d watch it!
Dear friends, this photograph is just about the coolest thing ever. It’s of the space shuttle Atlantis in silhouette against the backdrop of our sun. Wow, just wow…
Photo Credit: (NASA/Thierry Legault)
The photograph is by Thierry Legault and captures the NASA space shuttle Atlantis during solar transit on May 12, 2009 from Florida. The shuttle is currently on a mission to the Hubble Space Telescope.
From What Makes Us Happy? by Joshua Wolf Shenk:
Only with patience and tenderness might a person surrender his barbed armor for a softer shield. Perhaps in this, I thought, lies the key to the good life–not rules to follow, nor problems to avoid, but an engaged humility, an earnest acceptance of life’s pains and promises.
I have no idea if Phontaine is popular or not — there are a couple of videos on YouTube and their MySpace page only has modest number of hits — but you know what? I don’t care. Their stuff is low key yet interesting. I like this song, and so I’ll share it with you.
If you’re looking for delicious bread in Portland, Oregon, take a look at Kim’s Guilty Pleasure. It warms the heart of those who love good bread.
A chocolate chip cookie still warm from the oven — a little piece of heaven.
When I first came across this song, I listened to it over and over again — there was just something about its mix of strength and longing. Anyway, please enjoy Gabriel by Lamb:
I know the visual isn’t very interesting, but this is the only version of the Nellee Hooper mix I could find on YouTube.
Before:
After:
The above is what was left of two brioche pastry loaves baked yesterday morning and taken to work. It was the basic brioche dough in Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day with a mixture of butter, flour, brown sugar, and oats rolled inside. The beautiful color comes from washing the surface with a mixture of egg and brown sugar. The loaves turned out extremely well, and by the end of the day, there was nothing left but crumbs.
From Julian of Norwich:
If there be anywhere on earth a lover of God who is always kept safe, I know nothing of it, for it was not shown to me. But this was shown: that in falling and rising again we are always kept in that same precious love.