Entries from July 2008

Touché

July 6, 2008

Okay. You are all right - Florida is the sunshine state and California is the golden state - if you want to be literal about things.
But is it just me, or don’t you also think of California as the land of promise and sunshine? Perhaps it is just me.
Either way, I wish the golden referred [...]

The Myth of the Sunshine State

July 5, 2008

I’m going to write this post and then you’re going to leave me comments that tell me I should know better, so I just want to begin by saying that ‘I knew.’ What, specifically, you ask, did I know? I knew that San Francisco is a chilly place characterized by fog. And, therefore, it was [...]

4th of July

July 4, 2008

I have to say that the 4th of July isn’t one of my favorite holidays - patriotism isn’t exactly raging through me. But as we were enjoying the fireworks on the beach in Mexico this evening, it occurred to me that the 4th of July is one of those holidays (unlike say, Labor Day) that [...]

Once Upon a Time in Mexico

July 4, 2008

Much to our surprise and delight, Adam and I are spending the fourth of July in Mexico - an appropriate statement of the the level of our patriotism at the moment. Last week in San Jose we met up with Erin Dunigan who is a Princeton grad who was writing for the Presbyterian Outlook, which [...]

Job Hunting

July 2, 2008

(disclaimer: Adam and I are working for an Episcopal church plant this summer and part of our responsibility is to prepare and send out their weekly email newsletter, which always includes a reflection. As we do our best to be an egalitarian family, we take turns writing it and this week was my first turn. [...]

Book Review: Brave Enemies

July 1, 2008

While we have been quite busy moving across country and attending the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA) in San Jose, it is also summer which means there is time (and therefore a requirement) to read fiction. My mom sent me three new books before we left Princeton and I just finished the last [...]