Nathan's Blog
Random ramblings and musingsBulk waste in small towns
Our small little community began bulk waste pickup a few months back. In order to control costs and set expectations, we require residents to sign up for bulk pickup the week before. I've had a few complaints (not many), and people are still adjusting to the idea of...
When pagers were high-tech
Way back in the 90s (I was probably a sophomore in high school), I got my first pager. They were state of the art and a serious status symbol. We had cell phones, but they were usually mounted permanently in a car or carried in a bag (they were certainly not pocket...
Come spring
You flip and flutter and roll
across streets and yards
in the last year‘s drab worn dresses.
Church as a society
I listen to a lectionary podcast each week and one of the features is an included reading from "A Great Cloud of Witnesses", a book published by the Episcopal Church commemorating important figures in the Christian tradition (including Catholics, Anglicans,...
Strength in prayer
Our strength is in prayer as we commit to goodness and the transformation of the world
All will be well
“All will be well
You can ask me how but only time will tell”
Emotional infidelity
Infidelity means physical intimacy to most people, but why is that so bad? And what if it’s not the worst kind of infidelity? I would argue that emotional infidelity is most damaging to a relationship…
Keeping Score
It’s important, if you’re not keeping score, to remember to always give at every opportunity. Always offer to help. Always offer to pay. Always wash the dishes. Never remind someone that you paid last time. It’s always your turn.
Saying “I love you”
I love. I love earnestly, deeply, tenderly, and without any expectations of reward. I love easily. The way that I love has caused me some heartache and heartbreak over the years, but on the whole, I think I’m happier.
And they do not like you…
from "There Will Be No Peace" - W.H. Auden You must live with your knowledge. Way back, beyond, outside of you are others, In moonless absences you never heard of, Who have certainly heard of you, Beings of unknown number and gender: And they do not like you. Wow....
She is like the wind in spring
Sometimes the wind blows warm, sometimes it’s cold. Ususally, I have no idea which way the wind blows.
Di Anne Price
I'm thinking tonight of my friend Di Anne Price. I was an incredibly shy, quiet (even), 19 year old in Memphis when we met. I'd never known anyone like her -- she was so forward, everything was "out there" with her. She played the piano like it was part of her, she...
Breathe
I have allowed you to Place me in a little box So small, I can hardly Breathe. I do not like it in the box It is small and I like to Breathe. So you sit there On the box Talking at me Not to me, as if nothing is Amiss. I will allow you to leave If you will So I can...
On this cool clear night
On this cool clear night The moon is bright and I Stand beneath the stars Wondering if somewhere You and your golden hair Lay thinking or pondering o'er Past or future, do you Think of what might have been or be? Do you remember or dream or Do you perhaps even long...
“Home Phones” are gradually disappearing
More than 38% of adults and 45.5% of children live in households without a land-line telephone, says the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Are you a “wireless only” family?
From her beacon-hand Glows world-wide welcome
I didn’t watch the Super Bowl. I’ve not seen any of the commercials. My ancestors spoke Gaelic (among other languages). They were poor, exiles even. “Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free…”
David Foster Wallace on Freedom
So often we talk about how freedom empowers us — less often, we think about the obligations freedom conveys.
Henry VIII had a genetic deficiency? Perhaps..
Did Henry VIII have a blood disorder that prevented him from having boys? In this great article, Hilary Mantel suggests that and much more!