Wednesday, February 28, 2007

The Beautiful Ache

My friend Leigh McLeroy has released a new book titled, The Beautiful Ache, published by Revell. I will buy it because I know Leigh, and I will like it because we like so many of the same things. I will recommend it because she is a writer's writer; she studies the masters and thinkers and poets we all admire and I am sure you will appreciate my recommendation.

Or I can point you to this interview by Glenn Lucke, over at Common Grounds, and let you make up your own mind. This is one of the best interviews I have read in years, in part because instead of giving Leigh a prescribed list of questions, Glenn actually responds to Leigh's answers and presses for further thought. I felt as though I was eavesdropping on a heated debate tucked in the corner of Taft Street Cafe.

As Glenn explores some of the topics in Leigh's book such as the Ache for Adventure, the Ache for Worship, and the Ache for Love, he won't be satisfied with sound bytes and convenient answers. Trusting in their longtime friendship, Leigh replies honestly and poignantly and gives the reader a true flavor of her wit and wisdom.

The interview is posted over a three-day period and the best part (for writers) is in the third installment. I wish every interview I read could be this much fun.

Friday, February 16, 2007

i "heart" u

Thank you, Secret Valentine. Your box of truffles turned a terrible, horrible, no-good day into something sweet.

Friday, February 02, 2007

Building a Memory

It started in the carpool line. Rain pelting the windshield with little white balls of sleet shifted. Snowflakes as large as dumplings fell into a child's hair and didn't melt. The boys stopped and looked skyward. The parents giggled. We woke up this morning to world like sifted sugar on chocolate cake. Snow angels, ice balls, holly berries, red-breasted robins, icinged gazebo. We warmed our fingers by a fire and drank hot chocolate. This morning, it's all ours.