Tanya Marlow – on the Bible, suffering and the messy edges of life
Posted in Art and Story and Writing, Spirituality and discipleship on Apr 25th, 2013
I had said to myself I wasn’t going to write this week. As of two days ago, I went on strike. I wasn’t sure if it was my body or my emotions that were the part I had overdone but either way, I felt like an elastic band that had snapped, and was wandering [...]
Posted in Art and Story and Writing on Apr 19th, 2013
He had finished twirling and now he was jumping. Concentration, both knees bent, then a tiny flight in the air and a big thump forward. That’s a jump. Watching my toddler, it looked like a whole lot of effort. It’s surprising how quickly we forget, how these things become second nature. (Not that I [...]
Posted in Art and Story and Writing on Feb 13th, 2013
It’s been a year!* Many happy returns to me! (*actually it was a year on 6 Jan 2013, so I’m a month late. But hey! I’m writing my blogoversary post anyway.) It’s something that people ask me quite often nowadays: have you always been a writer? And the truth is, I am [...]
Posted in Art and Story and Writing, Concrete words: childhood and maturity on Nov 12th, 2012
Joining with Amber on Mondays for concretewords, where we practice writing by communicating the abstract through concrete things – a Horse, a book, stairs – and today I’m catching up and doing a double whammy: The Sweater and Frost. These concrete words posts have led me on a journey through childhood and nostalgia and spiritual [...]
Posted in Culture and Society, Life on Sep 26th, 2012
I have a confession: I am an extravert. Let me paint you a picture of a typical dinner with friends at our house. My introvert husband gets the dinner ready. I say, ‘Now, don’t just stay silent the whole time like you usually do, you need to make an effort.’ Jon reluctantly acquiesces. Then [...]
Posted in Art and Story and Writing, Five minute Friday on Jul 27th, 2012
It’s ‘Five minute Friday’ time, joining with Lisa-Jo Baker. She gives us 1 word, we write for 5 minutes flat – no backtracking or editing, throwing caution to the wind. Check out others’ five-minute offerings by clicking on the button below. This is my best five minutes on ‘Beyond’. Sometimes I get a [...]
Posted in Life on Jul 26th, 2012
In my last post I told you about my holiday. While I was on holiday, I took many photos. I love taking photos. Jon is not so enthusiastic about my photography. He likes the end results but not so much the process. It leads to photos like this: (I know I look like [...]
Posted in Culture and Society, Life, literature, Recommendations and Reviews on Jul 5th, 2012
What would your life look like if it were turned into a film? This is the premise behind Donald Miller’s latest book, A Million Miles in a Thousand Years. His (excellent) memoir, Blue Like Jazz, was being turned into a film, and in the process of writing the screenplay he came to an uncomfortable realisation: [...]
Posted in Art and Story and Writing, Five minute Friday on May 18th, 2012
It’s ‘Five minute Friday’ time! It’s inspired by Lisa-Jo over at The Gypsy Mama. The idea is that you write for five minutes flat on a topic, without worrying about whether it’s right or not. It’s kinda fun! Check out others’ interesting 5-minute posts on the topic by clicking on the button below. This is [...]
Posted in Five minute Friday on Mar 23rd, 2012
This is my ‘Five minute Friday’, inspired by Gypsy Mama. The idea is that you write for five minutes flat on a topic, without worrying about whether it’s right or not. This was my first time doing it – and it was kinda fun! Check out others’ interesting 5-minute posts on the topic here. I [...]
