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Dana comments on Driven to distraction

Dana — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 03:28:39 +0000

Thanks, Tim. Well, you are on the right track with the cabin in the mountains idea.

I just read this blurb from "The Shallows" book last night:

"A series of psychological studies over the past twenty years has revealed that after spending time in a quiet rural setting, close to nature, people exhibit greater attentiveness, stronger memory, and generally improved cognition. Their brains become calmer and sharper. The reason, according to attention restoration theory, is that when people aren't being bombarded by external stimuli, their brains can, in effect, relax. They no longer have to tax their working memories by processing a stream of bottom-up distractions. The resulting state of contemplativeness strengthens their ability to control their mind."

We all knew this, though, right?

Tim Storey comments on Driven to distraction

Tim Storey — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 03:20:06 +0000

I absolutely love that video. She captures that song better than any I ever heard.

Well, you know I can relate to your blog. I'm doing better about Facebook, but I'm still way too distracted by the internet. I could use a two week vacation in a cabin up on top of a high mountain with no phones or internet.

Great job once again, Dana.

Halley | Print Business Cards comments on Can we talk?

Halley | Print Business Cards — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 02:53:57 +0000

I guess it's normal if you talk to yourself in your head. I do that, too. Thanks for this inspirational piece from Longfellow.

Grace comments on Can we talk?

Grace — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 02:16:19 +0000

Wow. Perfect storm is right. But I love that you've found a new direction to go in. I've been a freelance graphic artist for 12 years, and I'm looking for my new direction. Funny old world. :-)

Tim Storey comments on Together we fill gaps

Tim Storey — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 06:39:03 +0000

Dana,
You are such a wonderful writer. Reading any of your writings makes me want to try harder and work harder at writing because I know that I don't even come close to your work. Yet, I want to be able to write like this. I know that someday all these blogs will lead to your first book.
Tim

Tim Storey comments on The eye of my soul

Tim Storey — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 06:29:59 +0000

It's times like these that I wish I could express my words, whether it be via my lips or in the written form. I want to say things like, "beautiful, awesome expression of true faith, deeply moving, etc."

But, none of these words or any other I can think of can begin to describe how moving this blog is. Not only does it make me wish I could write like this, to be able to express my feelings like this, but I also wish I felt this deeply about my whole Christian experience.

So, I'll just say, "Totally awesome!"

s-p comments on Catching Up - Part I

s-p — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 05:42:42 +0000

That is really awesome. It takes a lot of guts to take an "exit poll" from your students. I hope you find another job, it sounds like you connect with the kids. My kids have always told me I'd make a great high school teacher but I don't have the energy and money to go back to school for 3 semesters to get certified. There's nothing more rewarding than having an impact on kid's lives. May God bless your vocation!

Grace comments on It's good to feel normal

Grace — Sat, 04 Jun 2011 03:33:16 +0000

What an incredible post. You've made me feel grateful, too. Maybe in the same off-hand way from the Fiddler on the Roof song "L'Chaim" -- "We know that God would like us to be joyful, even when our hearts lie panting on the floor / So how much then, can we all be joyful, when there's really something to be joyful for?"

I don't have first-hand information about surviving cancer, but as luck(?) would have it, Greg and I have had a terrible financial time for over a year, and all birthdays and anniversaries are, by common assent, all but ignored for now. It sucks, but we all do what we have to do. And I know that there are people much braver out there going through much more.

Tim Storey comments on It's good to feel normal

Tim Storey — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 05:37:02 +0000

Dana,
So glad to hear that it was scar tissue. I'm sorry, I didn't know you had been laid off. As ususal, you've done a great job in sharing your thoughts and feelings in writing. I've had a desire to write for years, but after doing my CaringBridge I'm not so sure I am really a writer. I have struggled to find words to say for a long time now, even in songwriting.

I didn't really get the kind of news I wanted after my radiation treatments were over and I still haven't been able to write about it on my site. I know I should, but I guess I'm having trouble writing about being in the "watch and wait" stage, which is more common for prostate cancer than other forms of the disease. My PSA went up slightly, which I was totally not prepared for. Dr. said that's not that uncommon and that one month out is too soon to really tell. But, I love playing poker and I've gotten pretty good at reading people. It was all over his face that he was suprised. This is the first time I've really written anything about it. I pretty much just tell people that it's too soon to tell.

Anyway, didn't mean to hijack your article, but sometimes when I least expect it, the words just start coming out. As usual though, I'm so busy all the time that I don't have time to think about whether I still have cancer or not. It will hit me about a day before my next appointment in July. I'll keep you posted.
Tim

GretchenJoanna comments on Getting to know you

GretchenJoanna — Wed, 25 May 2011 01:14:00 +0000

I just came here for the first time from This Side of Glory, and haven't read much, but I have skipped around getting to know *you* a bit, because I'm interested in my fellow Orthodox women. I, too, was baptized in 2007, after a lifelong journey through Evangelical churches. Glory to God!