Author Archives: Katherine
So, I’m not going to Hungary
I was really looking forward to changing the subtitle of this blog to “The Adventures of an American in Budapest” but it seems like it’s not in the cards for the time being. I had been planning to work at a school there; I was accepted by the school but also had to get accepted [...]
Spring Afternoon
So, on Thursday I went to school comfortably in a sleeveless shirt… by noon on the same day I was freezing in a sweatshirt. And, now, it’s spring weather again? I so don’t get the weather patterns of mid-America… but all the same, I took advantage of the great weather today and took a walk… [...]
The God Who Sees
Lately I’ve been reading through Genesis for one of my classes, and it’s been really great. I’ve always really liked the book, mostly for the honesty with which it describes the characters and situations that grace its pages. It’s impossible to walk away from Genesis without a sense of humility: in the deceptions of Jacob, [...]
Lies my Sunday School teacher told me
Imagine the scene: the elderly Abram and his young nephew Lot standing side-by-side on a wind-blown hill. Both know that the time is coming for them to part; the only question that remains is which man will go in which direction. On one side of the hill lies rich, green land; on the other lies [...]
Suburb Photography
I’ve been lately inspired by the street photography of Vivian Maier and on this lovely blog, and thought it would be fun to take some photos myself. Problem is, I don’t live in an exciting, big city full of interesting people, buildings, and juxtapositions anymore. I live in… the suburbs. But I thought I’d go [...]
Some thoughts on free will
When I was maybe nine or ten years old, my dad’s co-worker found a little stray cat, only a few weeks old. My family took him in and we named him TC (short for ‘The Cat’). TC was so tiny that he still had to be bottle-fed, and being the eldest child, the job fell [...]
An Anatomy of Waiting
This is an altar of remembrance. About this time last year, I went on a day trip to the beach with a couple of friends. It was a pretty difficult period of my life, and I remember taking a taxi back home that night with a friend who was also going through a pretty rough [...]
Writing, Facebook, and the Season of Waiting
A few weeks ago, my laptop broke. (I was crying on the keyboard, which I think is pretty much the funniest reason anyone could have for breaking a computer.) And then I was house/dog sitting for a couple who goes to my church for two weeks, sans laptop, cell phone, or even cable TV. It [...]
