Oh dear G-d...the dust bunnies in here!

Dearests,

I am 'SHAMED that I have been so lax in posting here, but it is indeed so.  Many of you are far more disciplined about the whole blog thing, and I salute you.  As one of my Waco parishioners and friends used to say: Life is messy, people are messy, and organized religion is the messiest of all.  I'm going to be "sweeping and dusting" on here a bit, so stay tuned--more to come :)

For now, a quote from "The Bucolic Plague" by Josh Kilmer-Purcell, which I just finished reading tonight.  (Earlier in the book, he describes meeting and interacting with Martha Stewart, attending a filming of the Oprah Winfrey Show in Chicago, and entertaining a newspaper reporter on very short notice.) 

"Martha isn't about achieving perfection--God knows she hasn't.  It's about going back time after time trying to get there.  It's about graciously, meticulously, fabulously hosting that last-chance New York Times reporter houseguest even when all you want to do is lie on a zombie fly-littered bed, read gossip magazines, and die.

And Oprah's call to live your Best Life isn't as simple as is seems.  Your Best Life isn't necessarily your favorite life of the one you selfishly want.  It's simply the life you're best at.

...Whatever you do best is what it needs most."


See you all on the porch :)