Some life-changing words for you from Romans to take with you into your weekend. Is there a line in this passage that is particularly meaningful to you today? Mine: THAT FATEFUL DILEMMA IS RESOLVED . . . NO LONGER HAVE TO LIVE UNDER A BLACK CLOUD . . . FREEING YOU . ....

What an absolute GAS that Anne Lamott herself found my original “10 things I’ve learned from Anne Lamott” post and linked to it a few times over the last month, calling it “Annie 101.” Love. Man, if I didn’t already know that my self-esteem wasn’t going to arrive by...

Today is a tired day. You know those days when the mind is mud. That’s today. I have to fight off trailing into crazy-town on the tired days because the fatigue wants to trick me into believing I’ll always feel the way I do right this second. Muddy. Additionally, I'm...

What’s all this gypsy business, anyway? “I’m channeling my inner gypsy today,” I wrote in Sunday’s post. And I thought I might provide an explanation to that phrase (which thereby provides an explanation for the name of my blog, too). At times, I feel a lack of space,...

Life in Bahrain is small. Yes, because it’s a small island, but also because of the ongoing demonstrations—the showdown between the Sunni and the Shi’a. For our safety, we must stay away from the hot spots, and that—often—can mean sticking close to home and just...