Writer. Photographer. Scholar. Creative Broker. Theologian.
2013 was a hard year. A strange year. But it felt like it was only natural following on from 2011 and 2012 which were spectacularly hard. You read about some of the challenges here in this space. Life got even more complicated before it felt like it turned a corner and I begin to see [...]
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On the prompting of a friend i’ve started watching more TED talks – and some of them have been so inspiring I can’t help but share my favourite finds. This is the story of teacher, massai, extraordinary woman, Kakenya Ntaiya. TEDTalks made available here under a Creative Commons (CC) license,
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Life doesn’t stop while you’re writing, and sometimes you have to work in less than ideal circumstances or fit the dissertation in the nooks and crannies. I often marvel at the lives of my dissertating friends with babies. I have enough trouble trying to make it all work on my own. The dissertation places strain [...]
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Tomorrow heralds the beginning of November and the second annual #AcBoWriMo! This year it’s the most generally named #AcWriMo (which also makes for a much shorter hashtag)! After three years of NaBloPoMo (National Blog Post Month), I threw my lot in with Academic Book Writing month in 2011 (AcBoWriMo) and attempted to give my PhD [...]
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This was a week during my nomadic summer of writing in the US. This is part of a series where I share a week in the life of the dissertating process. Monday It seems that I was so exhausted from the weekend that I slept until after 9am. It’s been a good year since I’ve [...]
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On one hand it is far from lent and so the timing of this review might seem odd, however, now is as good a time as any to share a resource in advance of next lent. ____________________ Huston, Paula. Simplifying the Soul: Lenten Practices to Renew Your Spirit. Notre Dame: Ave Maria Press, 2011. There [...]
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Right now I’m taking a break from #project333. I’m enjoying having all of my clothes at my disposal – including those i boxed up for the original #project333 challenge back in January. But while traveling from March to September, I had a capsule wardrobe of just 33 items. I spoke at conferences, spent time in [...]
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