This General Conference twice introduced me to heroes. (more…)

My three-year old told me that God is mean.  It seems that she prayed that He would make our house fly, and He didn’t. (more…)

On the sweetness of Mormon life. (more…)

The lovely one’s grandpa had his funeral this Friday. (more…)

On the sweetness of Mormon life. (more…)

Only the unexpected fully satisfies.
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Over at the Old Country, I went full-on bloviate about the possibility for distinctive Mormon arts and culture and scholarship/philosophy. I’m reproducing the comment here. (more…)

So the OED online is free for a fortnight. Enter ‘trynewoed’ as your username and password. (more…)

Calvin–Watterson’s Calvin, not the Calvin of the Institutes–says that the second bowl of chocolate frosted sugar bomb cereal is the best. The first is spoiled by anticipating the bowls to come. By the third you frankly feel a little sick. (more…)

Conversation with a young person on the Halloween dance she went to the night before. (more…)

On the sweetness of Mormon life. (more…)

On the sweetness of Mormon life. (more…)

Happy Pioneer Day. Our flags are out, our neighbors are bewildered, and our feet our itching for the square dance tonight at the stake center. (more…)

On the sweetness of Mormon life. (more…)

On the sweetness of Mormon life. (more…)