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Gospel Blues

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , , , on September 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

You might have heard me say before that my favorite genre of music is “gospel blues.”   In an essay I just read, I’ve figured out why.
In Stephen Citron’s “SONGWRITING: A Complete Guide to the Craft,” he describes the different forms of song.  He goes through pop, country, musical comedy, rock, spirituals, and then blues.  Here’s [...]

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Spiritually Available

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , on August 28, 2009 | 1 Comment »

I have two roommates, both poets. J is from Ohio/all over, and M is from upstate New York.  Last night I had a great conversation with M and she said some things that I’m still thinking about and want to write about.
We talked about how we see evidence of God in our lives [...]

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For Michelle

Posted in Uncategorized on July 21, 2009 | 3 Comments »

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reasons to be happy

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged on April 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

rice and beans
super video friday with my students
fiji exists
good impulses
turning bad impulses into good things
huge bass rhythms shaking asphalt
no more 19c british novels to read this year
chocolate mousse
that little clay loaf of bread with bible scriptures inside, on cards
wine with friends
sunnier days
rainier days inside
songkran
just three more weeks
just four more weeks
just breathing
baptisms at the au [...]

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about comida

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , on April 10, 2009 | 1 Comment »

(Blogs are so self-indulgent.  Please know I know this, as now I’m going to tell you about how I eat.  This is the shit I’ll want to read in like, 10 years, when I’m trying to remember grad school.)
So, every week I make about one meal and then spread it out for the rest of [...]

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Dear Teachers,

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , on April 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Please do your best to love what you do. We need that.
Sincerely,
NJ

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Little thoughts about writing.

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , on April 7, 2009 | 2 Comments »

This is such a self-indulgent post, but I’m putting down these thoughts so that I can return to this blog one day when I’m down on myself about my writing. I hope that if anyone reads it, they will find it inspirational, maybe, rather than annoying. Deepest apologies for the latter reaction.
I have [...]

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I just saw an ad:

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , on February 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

“Make 2009 a blessed year”
(It was for reading the Bible).

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M.I.A. Paper Planes

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , on January 31, 2009 | 4 Comments »

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Update (My version)

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged on January 23, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Reading: all 450 pages of Mansfield Park by Tuesday, random little essays, short stories by my colleagues.
Listening to: Harvest Moon, Dan Kahn’s Oak album, myself nag myself
Dreaming about: my roommate’s mother randomly coming into the apartment while I’m watching the latest Michael Moore, which in my dream happens to be about Afghanistan, and then she [...]

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