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April 6th, 2006

Being scratched with a stick

A couple of years ago I read a book by Jill Conner Browne, recommended by my best friend, Mike Milar. Although a bit bawdy and definitely not a children’s book, much of the book is very affecting and even transformative. The quote below is one example, and one I come back to often. Whenever I start to feel like things are merely okay in life, I step back for a minute and read this and ask myself, are things really okay, or am I being petted with a stick? » Read the rest of this entry »

April 6th, 2006

ISO Guy Into Faith, Family, Long Treks Through Desert

This is why it works: Buckley and I have values that are very similar. We respect each other’s faith, and we both have a strong faith of our own and a strong devotion to our family. We both have extremely similar senses of humor. Our good friend Beth jokes that we’re really just one person living in two bodies, because Buckley and I are so much alike.