celebrate, little girl.

An Old Photo Upon Turning Thirty I have probably posted this photo before by J. Heineman, but it landed as my rotating desktop image this birthday morning and gave me pause. This is, in part, why we have birthdays. The momentary pauses collect us. If you know me, you probably suspect I have a kinship with this photo because of the […] Jenelle 2 responses November 16, 2009
4/ I Remember Thinking I Wanted to Be Married at Age 21ish I clearly remember being in my adolescent (read: awkward) years and being fairly certain that by the time I was done with college, I would be married. I also remember graduating college and thinking something similar of my mid-twenties. Reflecting on such things now, I just sort of laugh inwardly and think yep-I-was-out-of-my-mind. No mean […] Jenelle 4 responses September 4, 2009
Haircuts and Jesus as a Punkista Portuguese Stylist Today I went to my stylist Alex and asked him to please give me a much shorter haircut than normal. I’d like something crazier and fun but please, I can’t be bothered to use a “flat-iron” or whatever you call those things, so just make it easy for me to work with. Alex: But why […] Jenelle 7 responses June 17, 2009
One Small Leap for Her Kind Today is the first day in which I am a full-time independent copywriter and editor. No longer just a “side-thing” in between graduate school and various other little part-time jobs, this feels like my taking a big leap from a beautiful tree. I am barefoot and excited. (Hand-painted holga print by Laura Burlton) Jenelle 6 responses June 15, 2009
I Will Give You a New Name I would like it if we re-named this holiday FEASTER. I think the risen Jesus likes the name better. Jenelle No responses April 12, 2009
I’m Terrible at Holy Weeking I’ve always been terrible at recognizing Holy Week as, well, a holy week. Maybe it is because I grew up in churches that were either (a) More interested in the big party–get loud and dance it out, brothers and sisters!–on Resurrection Sunday than the quiet reflection of the Week, or, (b) were mostly focused on […] Jenelle One response April 9, 2009
A Post-Finals Metaphor / Sigur Ros [vimeo 3814849] That finals week was outrageous. To portray the feeling of soaring happiness I now feel that I am finished, I offer you this short video. You could say that the piano plays the part of me, in the midst of writing massive papers at 3:30am, while the awkward European waitstaff plays the part […] Jenelle No responses March 23, 2009
Post #500, in which I Thank You The WordPress robots inform me that this is my 500th post. I thought I’d pause to say thanks for being a reader/neighbor. I like you. We should have a hot beverage together soon. There have been other times to pause (to Selah and think on it), like at post #400 and at an African #200. […] Jenelle 5 responses February 8, 2009
Maira Kalman is a Genius Artist Maira Kalman’s NY Times image-blog on “The Inauguration. At Last.” is enormously beautiful. You really ought to take two minutes to view it. Jenelle No responses February 5, 2009
Novo 2009 A new day. A new morning. A pleasant hope for more newness. Bless you with hope and more freedom to be you in 2009. (photo by Maclomhair from Scotland on Flickr) Jenelle 2 responses January 1, 2009
[Aunt Nelly Does Backflips Through the Living Room] I just received an email from Prague that makes me want to (learn how to) do backflips. Our dear Jane is now home safe with her new baby, Sofia! Sofia Elizabeth was born on Saturday July 12th, at 3pm. She measures in at 3.3 kg and 51cm. If you didn’t know, Jane and I were […] Jenelle One response July 14, 2008
Holga, Holga, Holga For graduation, I received some gift cards from my nice family. Tonight I redeemed one online for a Holga camera. You could say I am a very happy pumpkin. This decision was motivated by the following considerations: 1. Holga-shots are almost always unpredictable. You never know what you’re gonna get. But the blurred edges and […] Jenelle 7 responses July 8, 2008