Some kind of blinks

It’s boring around here lately. I’m writing this blog and even I think it’s boring. (Some time ago I said I was going to wind back on blogging, but instead it became a case of 'more is less' as I just kept on posting stuff with less effort involved.) I was going to make up some imaginary friends, or go on an imaginary overseas trip, but then I decided that escapism isn’t perhaps the best remedy. So here are some other things to read:

In waiting - Meditations for Christian Single Women - by Wendy Alsup. Somehow I missed this (even in google reader) when it first came up and have just read it. Well worth it.

Abstinence of Chastity – here is good and interesting article by Laura. H/T Craig.

The art of conversation by Karen.

This is so true. I learnt how to have conversations with strangers when my job required that I pick up back-packers from a youth hostel, drive with them for three hours in the car and then work closely with them for a week. I was generally introverted, but my over-developed sense of responsibility meant I felt compelled to make all the effort. Three years later “you could hold a conversation with a gate-post” is one thing that was said to me (by a church minister). Practice and simply trying goes a long way.

And, shame on me, but I don’t think I have actually mentioned that this month at the EQUIP book club we are working through Living with the Underworld by Peter Bolt. The book and Alison Napier’s post on it are fascinating reading.