The undiscovered country
That lieth, sublime, out of space, out of time ...
High Lonesome
- Location
- Southwest desert and mountains, U.S.
- Birthday
- June 06
- Title
- Hey, could you ...?
- Company
- Sometimes
- Bio
- Pastor, maker of tents, writer, naturalist, mother to many, wife to one, woman of the sandwich generation.
MY RECENT POSTS
- Get out, kid, and keep running
March 05, 2012 09:10PM - 33 for Candace
March 05, 2012 12:21AM - I thought I was home
January 23, 2012 10:51PM - While we were nestled all snug
in our beds
January 05, 2012 07:00PM - Ok, that was weird (or, the
revenge of the Johns)
October 30, 2011 09:47PM
MY RECENT COMMENTS
- “I do think it's a
helpful question, because it
forces us to
define the
boundaries…”
May 25, 2012 06:22PM - “I had a similar
conversation with a friend on
Friday, when he
confessed to
still…”
May 12, 2012 09:03PM - “Oryoki Bowl, that's my
point: Most churches don't
amass much
of anything. In my
s…”
May 12, 2012 04:05PM - “Beautiful, Mary, and how
quickly time flies!”
May 12, 2012 03:44PM - “To make the comparison
accurate, we should
acknowledge that
pastors do
pay taxes,…”
May 11, 2012 04:59PM
High Lonesome's Links
May 25, 2012 06:22PM
“I do think it's a helpful question, because it forces us to define the boundaries of our relationship with our government. The "born this way"…”
About: What If Sexual-Orientation Is a Choice?
“I do think it's a helpful question, because it forces us to define the boundaries of our relationship with our government. The "born this way"…”
About: What If Sexual-Orientation Is a Choice?
May 12, 2012 09:03PM
“I had a similar conversation with a friend on Friday, when he confessed to still taking care not to say, "I seen ...," which was standard wh…”
About: Can you speak with more than one type of grammar?
“I had a similar conversation with a friend on Friday, when he confessed to still taking care not to say, "I seen ...," which was standard wh…”
About: Can you speak with more than one type of grammar?
May 12, 2012 04:05PM
“Oryoki Bowl, that's my point: Most churches don't amass much of anything. In my state, those that run preschools have to meet all the standards any oth…”
About: Who would Jesus bully? Clan mentality, civic duty, democracy
“Oryoki Bowl, that's my point: Most churches don't amass much of anything. In my state, those that run preschools have to meet all the standards any oth…”
About: Who would Jesus bully? Clan mentality, civic duty, democracy
May 11, 2012 04:59PM
“To make the comparison accurate, we should acknowledge that pastors do pay taxes, including self-employment tax, on their income (which is often the ma…”
About: Who would Jesus bully? Clan mentality, civic duty, democracy
“To make the comparison accurate, we should acknowledge that pastors do pay taxes, including self-employment tax, on their income (which is often the ma…”
About: Who would Jesus bully? Clan mentality, civic duty, democracy
May 10, 2012 09:08PM
“Ah, Phyllis. Most people who get invited "in" to all the wedding frenzy wish they had a polite way to say no without harming a relationship.”
About: I Hate Weddings. And Bugs. And Sticks. And Hormones. And...
“Ah, Phyllis. Most people who get invited "in" to all the wedding frenzy wish they had a polite way to say no without harming a relationship.”
About: I Hate Weddings. And Bugs. And Sticks. And Hormones. And...
May 09, 2012 01:40PM
“I have read excerpts, and although I'm willing to admit the reviewer might have excerpted the worst bits, they are truly sophomoric. I'm greatly distur…”
About: Fifty Shades of Grey: Junk Food For the Soul
“I have read excerpts, and although I'm willing to admit the reviewer might have excerpted the worst bits, they are truly sophomoric. I'm greatly distur…”
About: Fifty Shades of Grey: Junk Food For the Soul
May 09, 2012 01:34PM
“Jaime, do you think the "Fifty Shades" books are better written than the "Sleeping Beauty" series?”
About: In Defense of Literary Junk Food
“Jaime, do you think the "Fifty Shades" books are better written than the "Sleeping Beauty" series?”
About: In Defense of Literary Junk Food
May 08, 2012 05:13PM
“My children loved his books (especially "In the Night Kitchen") so much that we all went to the "Wild Things" ballet when they wer…”
About: Maurice Sendak has passed on at age 83
“My children loved his books (especially "In the Night Kitchen") so much that we all went to the "Wild Things" ballet when they wer…”
About: Maurice Sendak has passed on at age 83
May 03, 2012 01:51PM
“But where's the awesome open call now? Have I completely missed our brief glimmer of awesomeness? Or do we have been awesomely hacked, which would inde…”
About: NEW OPEN SALON EDITOR???
“But where's the awesome open call now? Have I completely missed our brief glimmer of awesomeness? Or do we have been awesomely hacked, which would inde…”
About: NEW OPEN SALON EDITOR???
April 30, 2012 04:46PM
“I can top that: My daughter's gerbil escaped the cage, crawled up in the inner workings of the dishwasher and was summarily turned into gerburger &mdas…”
About: Coping With a Pet's Death: Okay, We're Not Sure It's Dead.
“I can top that: My daughter's gerbil escaped the cage, crawled up in the inner workings of the dishwasher and was summarily turned into gerburger &mdas…”
About: Coping With a Pet's Death: Okay, We're Not Sure It's Dead.
April 30, 2012 10:49AM
“And I have no reflection in a mirror!”
About: I have something to admit --- I'm really...
“And I have no reflection in a mirror!”
About: I have something to admit --- I'm really...
April 28, 2012 07:46PM
“The shingles vaccine is one that's definitely worth getting. Shingles can be lifechanging. Hope your outbreak doesn't last long.”
About: Someone shoot me... PLEASE
“The shingles vaccine is one that's definitely worth getting. Shingles can be lifechanging. Hope your outbreak doesn't last long.”
About: Someone shoot me... PLEASE
April 28, 2012 04:41PM
“I was referring more to posters than authors. This is often a rather hostile place in which to discussion theology and faith, as you well know.”
About: Who Was Jesus, Really?
“I was referring more to posters than authors. This is often a rather hostile place in which to discussion theology and faith, as you well know.”
About: Who Was Jesus, Really?
April 28, 2012 02:34PM
“I'm frequently somewhat amused by the weight placed on the Nicaean council and Constantine in suppressing "unorthodox" beliefs, because Chris…”
About: Who Was Jesus, Really?
“I'm frequently somewhat amused by the weight placed on the Nicaean council and Constantine in suppressing "unorthodox" beliefs, because Chris…”
About: Who Was Jesus, Really?
April 24, 2012 02:45PM
“Brassawe, I suspect society looks on women who do that a little differently, especially if they all appear to be roughly the same age, like a litter of…”
About: The Ethics of Having Children
“Brassawe, I suspect society looks on women who do that a little differently, especially if they all appear to be roughly the same age, like a litter of…”
About: The Ethics of Having Children
April 24, 2012 01:46PM
“I've put some thought into this because I spent 20 years fielding questions about why I had so many children (and apparently with so many different men…”
About: The Ethics of Having Children
“I've put some thought into this because I spent 20 years fielding questions about why I had so many children (and apparently with so many different men…”
About: The Ethics of Having Children
April 16, 2012 08:41PM
“I have seen cool coffee tables made of carts like the one on the top photo — selling for about $650.”
About: OPEN HOUSE-ANTIQUES-ART! .. and a stone's throw from me
“I have seen cool coffee tables made of carts like the one on the top photo — selling for about $650.”
About: OPEN HOUSE-ANTIQUES-ART! .. and a stone's throw from me
April 15, 2012 09:51PM
“Aren't we supposed to plant potatoes by the dark of the moon? Or on St. Patrick's Day? Or something like that? (Probably not under the snow, so I'm off…”
About: The Potatoes Are Planted!!!
“Aren't we supposed to plant potatoes by the dark of the moon? Or on St. Patrick's Day? Or something like that? (Probably not under the snow, so I'm off…”
About: The Potatoes Are Planted!!!
April 14, 2012 06:44PM
“That's not among the Feat songs I hear most often any more, though.”
About: (some of) my favorite song(s)
“That's not among the Feat songs I hear most often any more, though.”
About: (some of) my favorite song(s)
April 14, 2012 06:24PM
“If you'll be my Dixie chicken, I'll be your Tennessee lamb ... Little Feat is one of my favorite road trip bands. I saw them at Telluride Blues & Br…”
About: (some of) my favorite song(s)
“If you'll be my Dixie chicken, I'll be your Tennessee lamb ... Little Feat is one of my favorite road trip bands. I saw them at Telluride Blues & Br…”
About: (some of) my favorite song(s)
April 14, 2012 01:58PM
“Amy, that's a really good point I've been trying to get around to making. LDS mothers deal with an entirely different set of pressures, and a different…”
About: Staying Home With The Kids Is Not A Career
“Amy, that's a really good point I've been trying to get around to making. LDS mothers deal with an entirely different set of pressures, and a different…”
About: Staying Home With The Kids Is Not A Career
April 13, 2012 08:50AM
“I think language, in general, is a pretty cool thing. English was not my first language, and I, like many children today, grew up speaking English in p…”
About: Should America have an Official Language?
“I think language, in general, is a pretty cool thing. English was not my first language, and I, like many children today, grew up speaking English in p…”
About: Should America have an Official Language?
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