October 29, 2012 Written for Memphis Center for Urban Theological Studies A Dutch woman, brutally mauled by a 400-pound gorilla at a zoo in Rotterdam, somehow managed to survive to talk about the attack. Bokito, a male western gorilla, burst out of his enclosure to attack her and went on a horrifying rampage in the [...]
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Why What I Don’t Know is Totally OK
Y’all are going to think there is something wrong with me. So a few caveats are in order before I tell this story: I’m an intelligent, educated woman, and have, in the past, supported myself quite well. I am not a backwards ninny who has to ask her husband’s permission to do things. Jim and [...]
Bad News and Good News
We’re about two weeks into the unemployment and, of course, there are big changes around here. Some good, some not so good. I wrote about it last week. Bad news first: We’re in only-spend-money-on-necessities mode. That means no extras; no restaurants, no clothes shopping and no hair appointments. Very first-world-problems. I know. Almost ridiculously so. [...]
Rethinking Necessity
Early this morning as I got ready for work, I tweeted this: Getting in the shower & forgetting to put the shower curtain inside the tub: the new mopping the bathroom floor. #emptynesters #fb — beth g sanders (@bethgsanders) February 19, 2013 Irritated at myself for flooding the bathroom floor, I mopped up the [...]
Appreciate Beauty
Written for Memphis Center for Urban Theological Studies This time of year, a drive around town or a walk around the block can be a visual feast. As the heat of summer fades and the breezes grow cooler, the trees begin to turn brilliant shades of red, orange and yellow. Some people take trips to [...]
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