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The Circle of Life is Not Supposed to be Static

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on April 15, 2014. Posted in General. 2 Comments on The Circle of Life is Not Supposed to be Static

I interrupt revising Model for Deception to revise Train Trip, bringing with me the streamlining lessons learned from revising Model for Deception only to return to Model for Deception with the additional streamlining practice I’ve gained revising Train Trip as I read American Gods, learning how to craft a slightly different novel so I can...

I Already Knew I Liked Wine

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on April 14, 2014. Posted in General. 2 Comments on I Already Knew I Liked Wine

Someone posts a photo of her beloved pet, and I weep. Someone posts a photo of a great flash mob, and I weep. Someone posts a quote, and I weep. I believe I’m ready for Lent to be over. I don’t think I’m put together for an extended period of intentional deprivation. I’m MUCH better at deprivation over which I have no...

You Won’t Know – Do It Anyway

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on April 13, 2014. Posted in General. No Comments on You Won’t Know – Do It Anyway

I was flipping channels, and I stopped on a little girl explaining her science project. She wanted to assist water conservation. Specifically, she wanted to make her fellow and sister elementary school students aware of water use. She had the idea to tell them, whenever a faucet was running, to make a noise in their heads. “Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhh,”...

Palm Sunday Bait and Switch

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on April 13, 2014. Posted in General. 2 Comments on Palm Sunday Bait and Switch

I have a complaint: why is the celebration that gives Palm Sunday its name so short? What is it about our theological bent toward the difficulty of the passion that we can’t celebrate the world’s recognition of Jesus for more than ten minutes before we must plunge into the hard part? Do we worship suffering and difficulty so totally...

Descaling

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on April 13, 2014. Posted in General. No Comments on Descaling

A lovely illustrated poem from Valeriu DG Barbu’s blog to start the morning

It Will Be Normal

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on April 6, 2014. Posted in General. 5 Comments on It Will Be Normal

For those who read my blog yesterday: I am better. As is its want, the pain is gone, leaving me to wonder what I was complaining so about yesterday. From here forward, I will live a good, fun life. I’ll do my PT exercises, impressed with myself for what I CAN do. I’ll walk the dog, forgetting this once caused pain. I’ll roll my...

The Dispassionate Dead

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on April 5, 2014. Posted in General. 6 Comments on The Dispassionate Dead

Today, the pain arrived on a beautiful Saturday morning when spring had finally peeped around the corner, and I was exulting in the joy of life. When the doctor has told you, “If you said ‘now,’ I’d have you in the OR tomorrow replacing both hips,” the pain can descend at any moment. Problem is, each time, the pain...

How to Judge Success (or Confessions of a Puzzle Slut)

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on April 5, 2014. Posted in General. No Comments on How to Judge Success (or Confessions of a Puzzle Slut)

How to Judge Success (or Confessions of a Puzzle Slut).

Dr. King’s Room

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on April 4, 2014. Posted in General. No Comments on Dr. King’s Room

The first time I visited the National Civil Rights Museum, what I saw were words. Words and words and more words hanging on the walls upon black and white sheets of paper. So many words. After my early visit, the museum added a few physical exhibits, most notably a big-ass garbage truck in recognition of the striking sanitation workers who brought...

The Community of Doers

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on March 29, 2014. Posted in General. 2 Comments on The Community of Doers

I am going to start a new church. We’ll be called a community of doers. No more community of believers for us. In this church, nothing must you believe; you needn’t even believe in doing. We won’t approve of what you are doing. We won’t disapprove of what you are doing or not doing. All we ask is that you want to do. BTW—you can’t join this church. You...