If you don’t have anything nice to say. . .

The Lexicon of Intentionally Ambiguous Recommendations
“He has the mental faculties of a man twice his age.”
“I would place him in the top 95 percent of students that I’ve taught over the years.”
“I would say that his real talent is getting wasted at his current job.”

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On the brink of the edge of everything

David Karsten Daniels’ Fear of Flying is a beautiful, biting and bright set of meditations on death and dying, and the self and its source somewhere in that process. It’s no goth infatuation with the abyss; it’s full of the wonder and fear of the way of all things, growing old, facing the realities of [...]

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Julian

Julian of Norwich asked three things of God: a sympathetic vision of Christ’s suffering; an encounter with debilitating physical illness to facilitate pure worship and nearness to God; and “three wounds” described here:

These two desires of the Passion and the sickness I desired with a condition, saying thus: Lord, Thou knowest what I would,—if it [...]

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Juli-an, Martha Ann

Today is Julian of Norwich’s feast day in the Anglican and Lutheran calendars. But I haven’t gotten anything together to write about that. But, don’t worry, all shall be well, because I can celebrate it Tuesday with the Roman Catholics.
In the meantime, here’s David Karsten Daniels driving around Austin singing a song I like. He [...]

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Seis degrees of de Mayo!

A little poking around, and here’s Son de Madera, the group (including Ramon Gutierrez) appearing in yesterday’s video of Quetzal,

Quetzal’s Martha Gonzales with Son de Madera and Zack de la Rocha of Rage Against the Machine (“Latino con afro”),

(apologies for poor quality; it’s merely a witness that [...]

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Cinco de Mayo!

Quetzal
Might require an extended siesta. But bite off a chunk if you’ve got some time. The whole band comes out to open with Candil Candelario at about 11:00. Quetzal es muy bueno.

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Right side up

Hard to believe you can get a crowd these days at an event called “Bible Lectures,” but it’s a great week around here for seeing folks you love to see and hearing folks who’ve given some thought to what matters. Highlight of the week so far was a few nights ago when a coupla ministers [...]

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