It’s that time again, another Formica Friday, a treasure trove of hodgepodge, random tidbits, and a bit of this and that. In particular, it is the place where I can celebrate the best posts I read this past week and want to share with you.
A quote:
The affair, in short, had been of the kind that most of the young men of his age had been through, and emerged from with calm consciences and an undisturbed belief in the abysmal distinction between the woman one loved and respected and those one enjoyed–and pitied. In this view they were sedulously abetted by their mothers, aunts and other elderly female relatives, who all shared Mrs Archer’s belief that when ‘such things happened’ it was undoubtedly foolish of the man, but somehow always criminal of the woman.
– Edith Wharton, The Age of Innocence
- being an only child, who was later in life given brothers and a sister
- graduating Baylor, with a major in books and a minor in politics
- the beautiful, constant St. Paul’s, with all its 70s red carpet and vaulted ceilings
- farmer’s market living and saffron scented nights
- making small talk in the self-help section of the bookstore
- undeserved gifts, laughter, and the fullness of time
- hope and the slow ache of leaving
Posts, websites, trinkets, and the Internet week in review revue: 
- for unfolding the foil of my heart, refolding it again, Tamara with The Resurrection Power, Now
- because she writes poetry between the lines of her prose and is the person to watch, Christina May Gibson with vegas and obedience
- because I love people this way and I hate the wait, Hilary with Dear Hilary, Love, Hilary: Only a Glimpse
- for all my Instagramed cappuccino cups, a reminder of what makes art from Anna Blanch with The Possibility of Art in Ordinary Moments
- for beauty in the face of the greatest of all unbeatuies, Death, Haley with Turning Ashes Into Beauty
- with a thoughtful, important look at what Christian music should and should not do, Alise with Don’t Manipulate Me
