It’s okay sometimes if a movie doesn’t tell you everything. The imagination can fill in all the blanks. For instance, it’s okay that in The Polar Express they don’t tell you why “Christmas just doesn’t work out for” the poor kid, because if you’re like my brother and me, you can infer it [...]
Archive > December 2006
We Wish You a Merry Christmas
A very big thank you to all Mr. Burt’s co-workers, who went to work with bad colds, shared them with Mr. Burt, and shared them with me. Really, it was full of the Christmas spirit. At least I didn’t have too much to do other than send off the first thirty pages of [...]
For Your Consideration
All my life I’ve wondered how it feels to get that letter from a professional in my field saying I might just have what they’re looking for. There was sort of a taste of that when I got my voice scholarship letter from the Baylor School of Music. I don’t remember the exact sensation, though, [...]
Deck the halls with boughs of horry! Fa ra ra ra ra, ra ra ra ra!
Really, the fact that LR’s too short to put the angel on the top of the tree has nothing to do with it. The tree’s too tall for the topper to clear the ceiling. So far, LR isn’t crafty enough to make a bow for the top, so it remains bare.
Those Pesky Details
After a week of procrastination during which I faintly smelled bananas going bad, this afternoon I finally got around to baking two loaves of banana bread. All went well, which was remarkable considering I counted out five cups of flour with a half-cup measure (counting to ten is no easy task when you’re LR [...]