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Still Sundays

annie — Sun, 17 Oct 2010 16:57:47 +0000

Forgive and do Forget. Robert-Robert Frost: one question you should keep close.

October 17th.

If you would like to know what Still Sundays is about, please take a quick gander here and just read the third paragraph. Thanks.

There is a stillness that belongs only to the sky. It’s the stillness in between latitudes and longitudes. We can only know it from afar.

This Sunday I am sipping tea in a suburb somewhere outside Nashville, Tennessee, visiting my sister and her fiance who moved here recently for a short project. They were on a break for a week so we all flew in from the East and West coasts to visit them.

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Soccer In Sun And Shadow

annie — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 00:31:03 +0000

I am drooling over a new book I just bought: Soccer in Sun and Shadow by Eduardo Galeano.

You can read more about the book here. Having read only a few pages I highly recommend it. The writing is delicious and moves along easy.

He writes, “Years have gone by and I’ve finally learned to accept myself for who I am: a beggar for good soccer. I go about the world, hand outstretched, and in the stadiums I plead: ‘A pretty move, for the love of God.’ And when good soccer happens, I give thanks for the miracle and I don’t give a damn which team or country performs it.”

“The history of soccer is ...

Still Sundays

annie — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 16:24:47 +0000

June 27th.

If you would like to know what Still Sundays is about, please take a quick gander here and just read the first paragraph. Thanks.

Do all cities hold the same silence early on a Sunday morning? Yes. Is the stillness which reverberates from each city indistinguishable? No. No two cities are alike no matter how similar. People often tend to lump the metropolises together: London, New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, etc. They are not the same. If they appear the same it is often because no exploration beyond airports and corporate buildings takes place. If you limit yourself to doing the same things in all cities you will only see the same things: plays, ...

missing new york

annie — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 03:49:36 +0000
from april 11th 2009 my favorite place to buy tulips

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Pretty much sums it up…

annie — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 05:35:06 +0000

From the December 21st and 28th New Yorker Issue.
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Faith

annie — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:57:49 +0000

I recently told a friend that the opposite of faith is not doubt, but ego.

Then I read this article on Oriah’s website and it really hit home.
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