Jenelle

In Review I’m flying back to California this morning, after a nice it’s-almost-my-birthday weekend with my family. My Mama (yet again) made me more carrot cake than I could eat. I wish I could share it with you. Last night I ended up chatting with Rosie Thomas, in the most unsuspecting of places. I was washing my […] 4 responses October 29, 2007
Mobile Upload 2 @ OTR Karin Berquist’s lungs plus Linford Detweiler’s piano plus one upright bass plus an amazing percussionist equals one happy Nelly. No responses October 29, 2007
Mobile Upload 1 @ OTR I cried when they played “The Trumpet Child.” For the record. One response October 29, 2007
[This is a Test of the Mobile Broadcasting System] Dear, this is only a test. Go go mobile blogging! Me driving through the mountains of California. 3 responses October 28, 2007
The Meek and Mild Grow Strangely Bold On this Sunday eve I’ll enjoy the live lush melodies of Over the Rhine and Rosie Thomas. I’m in the process of writing Karin and Linford a letter on my weird recycled stationary, so I’m hoping to finally put my words in their hands. I’ve only been meaning to write to them for about eight […] No responses October 28, 2007
Love and Cookies Save the Day It’s barely tinged with punk and splintered with a soundtrack ruled by Spoon, the lovely post-punk-rockers. And Will Ferrell! Sweet Will! He surprises me with the depth of this role: Stranger than Fiction is to Will Ferrell as Punch Drunk Love is to Adam Sandler. This movie perfectly plays the “Would you rather” game, mocking […] 8 responses October 28, 2007
Percolating Dreams – Part Two I made 100 business cards two score and seven days ago that read:Fresh Green Writing / Freelance Writing and Editingwith my name and cellular phone and email laced along the bottom. I spent the thirty dollars on the little stack because I have it in my mind to start using my enjoyment of words in […] 10 responses October 25, 2007
Streams: Percolating Dreams post script.I am safe from the fires in California. Some of you have emailed or called, and that makes me feel loved, but there’s no need to worry about me. You could ask God to send rain, though. They had to evacuate so many people from their homes that it is as if the whole […] One response October 25, 2007
The Majors: God’s Theater I’ve been reading through the major and minor prophets since summertime. I have some observations on the bigguns, the majors. I’ve scribbled them in my journal. (Feel free to add or subtract.) What I Notice in Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Ezekiel: 1. God is willing to put the prophets on a stage and write them rated-R […] 6 responses October 19, 2007
The Beatles Needed a Black Man I saw Across the Universe in the cinema this weekend. It’s a psychedelic trip through the 1960’s, a mediocre love story, and it’s all strung together by a wild assortment of Beatles tunes. The film is a musical, but not with a plateful of cheese, as I find most musicals. Across the Universe is spectacular […] 9 responses October 17, 2007
Streams: Narcissism, Pauses, Selah I am (traditionally) a day late and a dollar short, I know. I know. 4 responses October 16, 2007
Dirty Mexitalian Eggs, A Recipe There is a wild buzz in the Klein house this Saturday afternoon. Mackenzie is blaming it on the rain. (I bit my tongue from calling her Milli or Vanilli.) She claims the rain “makes everyone a little more passionate.” There are fresh cinnamon rolls being baked in the oven, and twelve year old Allie is […] 3 responses October 13, 2007