by Kit | Jan 13, 2024 | Books & Reading, On Living, Think About these Things, Uncategorized
“We don’t turn to story to escape reality. We turn to story to navigate reality.” -Lisa Cron I hear people say, “I’m a mood reader.” I say this myself! I wonder if what we mean is that we gravitate toward books that speak to where we are at in...
by Kit | Jan 28, 2023 | Books & Reading, Think About these Things, Writing
“Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson They say you always come out of the woods better than you went in. Could this be true for novels too? When I close the cover, am I a better human? While working on my current writing project, I...
by Kit | Dec 18, 2022 | Advent Reflections, Think About these Things
When my son was little, he received for Christmas a children’s book about the Raiders football team customized with his name and photo—placing him in the story. In the action. He was astounded. But here’s what I find truly astounding. All of history past and future is...
by Kit | Nov 25, 2022 | On Living, Parenting, Reasons to Believe, Think About these Things, Whatever is Lovely
Ahh, remember the days when life’s seasons were so predictable, so clearly defined? Growing up on California’s central coast, life had only two seasons—school and summer vacation. Here on Oregon’s high desert, as our sunny October bustled to a close, aspen...
by Kit | Dec 19, 2020 | Advent Reflections, Love Others, On Mission, Think About these Things, Whatever is Lovely
When Marissa was just a small, freckled thing, her bed was densely populated with stuffed toys and chubby dolls. Let’s just say there was nothing random about the way they were arranged. Part of our nightly tucking-in ritual was positioning each one just so....
by Kit | May 7, 2019 | On Marriage, Think About these Things
The clock is sure. And it says we’ve only got four hours to celebrate our thirty-second anniversary. We nearly make it out of town. But just as we’ve put the daily grind in our rear-view mirror, Garth realizes he doesn’t have sunscreen. So we circle back...
