Christmas at the Odd BookIt is possible, I’ve discovered,to take up residence in a bookshop for just 24 hours startingat closing time on Christmas Eveand staying all the waythrough Christmas Day It happened at least once said the white-haired chapbehind the counter at the Odd Bookin between his forays up the stairs to carry down … More
Category: Christmas
December 24, 2023
Shipwrecked – but reaching
December 21, 2018
“Accept being shipwrecked.” Ah, yes, I think, as I come to this line in my morning reading. This wisdom is stabilizing. And then I smile at the irony the wordplay, a small gift of whimsy, ribbon wrapped around the greater gift of perspective. For the past 16 years, I have spent the mornings of late … More Shipwrecked – but reaching
Deadlines and lifelines
January 3, 2017
I have an appreciation for deadlines. I am not an early planner, so I need a looming expiration date to ensure I get stuff done. In my lifetime this has meant staying up all night to finish and deliver a term paper to a professor at 9 a.m. It’s meant rising from bed at … More Deadlines and lifelines