about
I scribble to live and live to scribble. I am a freelance writer, but I try not to be too seriously serious about my scratchings or myself.
I have written ten books in my head and actually published one about the Sabbath.
Most of the world sees in prose, but my life lenses focus in poetry. It is the distillation of language and intoxicating to ingest. When I am not drinking it in, I make some feeble attempts at coughing it up.
Mark Strand, Billy Collins, and Ted Kooser have definitely gotten my rapt attention. Even Emily Dickinson in her grave has to give an approving nod to the likes of these modern poets. Pure inspiration! Poetry is a world that I tiptoe into and must pull myself away from. Like honey, too much will make you sick or crazy.
My husband and I have one daughter who loves to laugh and keeps us young. We travel internationally extensively where we find kindred and passionate hearts, delectable cuisine, beautiful oceans, mountains, and terrain, and that four- and five-star hotels abroad translate to minus four. Now that is my pampered American side speaking.
We did live abroad as educators and humanitarian aid workers for seven years and in some of the most humble settings. God graced us everyday with joy and contentment. What charges our lives is content–to give ourselves to something or someone bigger than we are. With content, we can be contented anywhere.
About this blog:
Even the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow can’t buy contentment.
Contentment is illusive.
Culture is abstract yet often dictates our lives.
Choice is concrete. We create the content of our lives by our choices.
How do we find and keep contentment? And how does culture and all that entails–fables, forms, folklore, family, and faith–influence contentment?
This blog contemplates the secrets of contentment which transcend the content of our culture, yet connects to the content of our choices. Although not every entry will deal with the subject of “culture vs content,” you will find glimmers of this subject in almost everything I write. For me, the battle for contentment is a daily choice.
Bonnie,
David K. told me about your website. He also told me that he was a volunteer on Kibbutz Einat. I am attending a messianic congregation. I would love to talk with you. Here is my email: cbay@nc.rr.com. Here is my phone: (919) 942-8096.
Carrie Bay
Welcome to the blogosphere. Thanks for adding me to your blogroll.
Happy Creating!
MELANIE
Melanie, I love your site!
Bonnie
thanks for placing me on your blogroll! i’ve loved writing for as long as i can remember. if i had to condense my philosophy it would be this…
be open to life, to love, and to knowledge. accept the challenges of daily life, be fearless and compassionate. nurture yourself and those you love, be aware of the energy within and around you.
I enjoy reading your blog very much! You have a great creative edge, insight and humor. All of that makes a great blog. Thanks for stopping by and especially leaving a comment!
Bonnie
I like the evolving look Bonnie!
And the posts are stellar as always
You inspire me to think and feel and change more!
Jeremy, you and Kami are two of my favorite “twenty somethings.”
Thanks for the kind words of encouragement.
Bonnie
Have a nice day !
Hi. Also wanted to thank you for including red Ravine on your blogroll. Glad to learn about your blog.
I’d prefer reading in my native language, because my knowledge of your languange is no so well. But it was interesting! Look for some my links:
I love reading your words…thank you.
Shalom, have been lurking your site for awhile now; while we don’t share exactly the same views of G*d (and who does), I find your writing interesting and thought-provoking.
Here’s something for you:
One question
spoken softly
unfeigned sorrow
outstretched hand
one fissure
riven open
occult burden
mortal brand
one spirit
earthen flagon
burgeoned solace
prescient eye
one answer
spoken softly
unchained felon
free to fly
Toda!
Beautiful, Beth. Thanks for sharing, and thanks for stopping by!
do you know the history of the name Pentadaktilos (ΠΕΝΤΑΔΑΚΤΥΛΟΣ)? I think you know. But I’d like to talk more about Cyprus. Best regards,
http://danmihalache.wordpress.com
I love your site. Keep it up !
Must be a great feeling, the published book..