by Jan Bear | Oct 15, 2005 | Uncategorized
I engaged pickaxe and shovel today and burrowed down to the woodgrain on the top of my desk.The main benefit of leaving the piles is that it’s a natural way of prioritizing those tasks that you’ve really chosen not to do — consumer surveys,...
by Jan Bear | Oct 2, 2005 | Uncategorized
Grace went to see the Sitka icon when it came to her parish. She ended up taking an inkjet copy to a sick friend and witnessing what is quite likely a small miracle.My miracle was even smaller.I actually don’t like the Sitka icon very much. It’s in the...
by Jan Bear | Sep 21, 2005 | Uncategorized
Enough about hurricanes, Supreme Court, the War on Terror, and UN scandals, how about me?I thought you were wondering.A few weeks ago, a friend I don’t see often asked if I was writing. I told him I blog everyday if you consider that writing, and I did. But a...
by Jan Bear | Sep 10, 2005 | Uncategorized
Wilfred McClay talks about the blame game and the need for people to delude themselves that they’re in control. He also points out the connection between the screeching and finger-pointing to the paranoid style of politics (and by my extension, literature): It...
by Jan Bear | Aug 25, 2005 | Uncategorized
Minor Clergy posts a heart-rending account of the effect of meth in his neck of the woods. Particularly anguishing is his observation that the meth addicts seem to be mostly women. If you know why, he’s collecting suppositions in his comments.
by Jan Bear | Aug 17, 2005 | Uncategorized
Here’s a Podcasts site of classic stories well read. This one is a G.K. Chesterton tale about what happens when people both overwork and ignore inanimate objects.