Spreading Vines: Bloglovin

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     The Well is sending out its vines--I'm now on Bloglovin.com. As you probably guessed, it's a site dedicated to browsing for and following your favorite blogs. If you're the blogohog type, check it out!




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Come Fount: Songwriting

     Here is the first out of three hymn arrangements I've written. It's a minor key spin on one of my favorite hymns, Come Thou Fount. I wrote it spring semester and recorded it during the summer but never got around to posting it. Enjoy!

Come Fount

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An Arsenal of Good

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     Future assignments, the approach of work later in the week, deadlines for homework, words or silence I wish I could take back...some days I feel like I'm buried in gray clouds. I get long-faced and glum, even though--despite the little bumps along the road--I have so many reasons to smile. I just forget about them. So I started a list of 14 good things I can remember and draw upon to help me "when the bee stings" or the "dog bites."

1-peaches so ripe the juice drips down my chin

2-shady spots on my walk home

3-blueberry muffin for breakfast

4-the bigness of the blue sky when I look at it lying on my back

5-anything delivered by snail mail

6-good dreams

August Bookshelf

     Hope you had a good Labor Day weekend + Cherokee National Holiday! Can you believe August is over? I'm glad. I've always liked September better than August.

     Last month I finished three good books. Let me tell you why they're worth reading.

Between Shades of Gray, by Ruta Sepetys

   This young adult historical fiction novel reminded me that writing is more than entertainment or escape.
     We all know of the genocide of the Jews during World War II, but through this novel Ruta exposes the little-known story of the extermination of millions of Lithuanians.
    Between Shades of Gray is told from 15-year-old Lina's point of view. Her family, like many others whose fathers are professors, musicians, and doctors, are torn from their homeland and forced to labor under horrifying conditions. On her nightmarish journey, Lina finds expression through a series of carvings and sketches that leave a record of the truth.
     Why read? This is overall a testament to the power of love, although Ms. Sepetys doesn't gloss over the grim facts in this meticulously researched novel.