A few of my favorite things. (Meanderings).Moving toward the end of the Year of Sept. 11, my favorite My Favorite is an independent synthpop band from Long Island, New York. They released two CDs: Love at Absolute Zero and Happiest Days of Our Lives. My Favorite broke up on September 14, 2005, when singer Andrea Vaughn left the band. things are books and music with insight into life's big picture, the meaning of the journey that we're all on: My Grandfather's Blessings: Stories of Strength, Refuge, and Belonging, by Rachel Naomi Remen, M.D. Wisdom passes from generation to generation. That's the concept behind this collection of anecdotes and insightful stories from physician/counselor Remen. The granddaughter of an Orthodox rabbi with Kabalistic, or mystical, leanings, Remen looks back through her life and--in easily digestible digestible having the quality of being able to be digested. digestible energy the proportion of the potential energy in a feed which is in fact digested. digestible protein see digestible protein. pieces--allows her grandfather's patient instruction to shed light on issues from growing up to illness to death. Also worth reading by Remen is her best-selling Kitchen Table Wisdom (Riverhead riv·er·head n. The source of a river. Books). Gift From the Sea, by Anne Morrow Lindbergh Anne Morrow Lindbergh (June 22, 1906, Englewood, New Jersey – February 7, 2001, Passumpsic, Vermont) was a pioneering American aviator, author, and the spouse of fellow aviator Charles Lindbergh. . This past summer, I kept a long-overdue promise to myself and took a full month's retreat to my family's small home on outer Cape Cod Cape Cod, narrow peninsula of glacial origin, 399 sq mi (1,033 sq km), SE Mass., extending 65 mi (105 km) E and N into the Atlantic Ocean. It is generally flat, with sand dunes, low hills, and numerous lakes. . Picking up Lindberg's slim 1955 classic recently, I felt the same refreshing breeze that I had breathed all summer wash over me. Lindbergh's gift to modern readers is a reminder to take pleasure in simple things--a shell or a fleeting swirl of cloud. And, poignantly, she reminds us to think in terms of "the art of shedding; how little one can get along with, not how much." Fifties-style Feng Shui Feng shui Traditional Chinese method of arranging the human and social world in auspicious alignment with the forces of the cosmos, including qi and yin-yang. It was devised during the Han dynasty (206 BC–AD 220). (Pantheon Press). Cry, Cry, Cry. Don't worry, it's not depressing, depressing, depressing, but rather the thoughtful, provocative, and spiritual album of a folk trio made up of noted artists Richard Shindell, Dar Williams Dar Williams (full name Dorothy Snowden Williams, born 1967) is an American singer-songwriter specializing in what can be described as "folk-pop". She is a frequent performer at folk festivals across the nation, such as the Falcon Ridge Folk Festival in Hillsdale, New , and Lucy Kaplansky Lucy Kaplansky (born 1960) is an American folk musician based in New York City. Kaplansky also has a PhD in clinical psychology from Yeshiva University. Kaplansky was originally from Chicago, and at the age of 18, decided not to go to college, and moved to New York City. . The album is mostly soulful covers of folk music and even an R.E.M. tune. "Thirteen Crosses," about a fireman's fallen comrades "The Ballad of Mary Magdalene," a tender song about missing someone we loved, and the simple, "Lord, I Have Made You a Place In My Heart" make for a collection that inspires not only Christians but this nice Jewish girl as well (Razor & Tie Records). Italian for Beginners. So many movies, from A Room with a View to Enchanted en·chant tr.v. en·chant·ed, en·chant·ing, en·chants 1. To cast a spell over; bewitch. 2. To attract and delight; entrance. See Synonyms at charm. April, have captured Italy's culture as a life-giving force. Italian for Beginners accomplishes this by focusing only on the Italian language, as a widowed minister's enrollment in an Italian course during the dreary Copenhagen winter sparks a group of lonely, struggling people to open up to the possibilities of life, love, and that ever-elusive happiness. The film is sweet and utterly real at the same time, an affirmation of the potential one person has to change another's life (Miramax). Lord of the Rings, by J.R.R. Tolkien. Jumping on the I-haven't-read-this-since-eighth-grade-but-I-wanted-to-see-the-movie bandwagon, I picked up the newly famous trilogy and was mesmerized and inspired. Friendship, magic, a reluctant hero, a perilous journey for a noble cause--in other words, life in three volumes. Paging Joseph Campbell! In these times, it's nice to know that the Road goes ever on and on ... (Houghton Mifflin). Holly Lebowitz Rossi, a Sojourners contributing writer, is a free-lance writer living in Arlington, Massachusetts. |
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