Writing is like being able to put life into a snow globe. It takes the things that are too big and scary and reduces them into a form that I can put away when I want and look at from a distance. It also takes all that’s good in life and captures it into something I can take out when I want and look at close up and keep forever. It makes the bad things into something I can hold…and the good things into something I can hold onto. Both help so much that I need that little souvenir of life.

Thursday, February 11, 2010

I'm Blaming the Snow

I can’t be cooped up at home and be expected to leave my blog alone. The U2 quote (below) reminds me of my occasional need for art in some form. Problem is, I can’t figure out if art is the Jesus or the leper.

Anyway. Our snow is nothing like the East Coast got, but still. Here is a picture taken through my window. The grass is not only greener on the other side of the fence, the snow is whiter. Those neighbors don’t have dogs.

Have you come here for forgiveness/Have you come to raise the dead/Have you come here to play Jesus/To the lepers in your head?
~from “One” by U2
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  1. Pat WahlerFebruary 11, 2010 at 5:11 PM

    What a lovely scene! Winter is beautiful, isn't it? (Though I'm still more than ready for spring!)

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  2. BECKYFebruary 11, 2010 at 9:23 PM

    Beautiful photo,Tam! And wow, you really post some heavy quotes, dude!

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  3. TammyFebruary 12, 2010 at 4:30 PM

    Thanks, dudes! (Or is that, "dudettes?")!

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