Entries from February 2008

20 February 2008

going to accomplish something.

this saturday I’m participating in this.  I will let you guess which race I’m actually going to do.  This is the second time I’ve trained for such a thing–and it’s been challenging and fun.  Lots of good thoughts about that…
This semester has been a complete constant of activity, readings, preparations, more activity, people, and thoughts, [...]

7 February 2008

ash wednesday

(I wrote this two years ago for Ash Wednesday, which, by the way, fell on March 1.  So early this year.)
I decided to fast today.  I’ve fasted on Ash Wednesday before.  I know it’s a traditional ritual associated with the start of the forty day period before Easter.  I know all that.  But I still [...]