Recall a few years ago when those Facebook posts were popular: “My 30 Favorite songs” or “20 things you don’t know about me”. One I have yet to see is this:
20 random, seemingly insignificant, yet nonetheless vivid moments in your life that are not at all monumental. The idea behind it is this: If you made a list of such memories, would you be able to find a common thread, a sustaining narrative, that would explain you through these small moments in your life? What was it that made you remember them? Was it just scents and sounds? Or was it some underlying significance?
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Monthly Archives: April 2015
Book Review: The Outlaw Album by Daniel Woodrell
I haven’t read Winter’s Bone. Neither have I seen the film. But I took a small chance one day when I purchased a copy of Woodrell’s short story collection for only a dollar. I came away with something worth more.
Steel Wheels at the Lyric in Blacksburg—concert review
It was their first time in Blacksburg, and mandolinist Jay Lapp’s birthday. It was a special night to welcome The Steel Wheels to our town.
Inspiration for the Day
When is it Right to Take a Stand?—Posturing Faith
“Stand up for what’s right.”
Occasionally somebody somewhere urges you to “do the right thing” in the form of “taking a stand” or “standing up” for whatever is good, right, or the truth.
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