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primsongOn the recommendation of lost_spook, I obtained a copy of Adrian Plass' "Why I Follow Jesus" and it is fast taking its place among my Very Favorites at a prodigious rate for a newcomer to the literary fold. Not that I'm terribly surprised, as Mr. Plass rarely disappoints.
And, to top it off, I had a complete YES! Someone Understands! moment reading it last night:
"In one of the desk drawers beside my chair I squirrelled away a delicious collection of stationery articles which I planned to try very hard never to use. I have always been irresistibly drawn to stationery counters in newsagents' shops. I'm a loony about stationery. I love it all. I love the rubber bands and the sticky labels and the pencil sharpeners and the staple guns and the Blu-Tack and the drawing pins and the neat little packs of envelopes. I love their fiddly, twiddly, functional little beingness, and I love having them stowed away in MY drawer. Yes, I do!"
For you see, I still have some sweet little colored clips and stationery and fancy pens that I've managed to almost never use for about 20 years now. I have the very last pages of very favorite stationery squirrelled away from childhood. I have unused novelty erasers from the 70s. And I love them all. Yes, I do! I cannot escape a stationery store unscathed, I always end up buying an interesting pen, or a little sketchbook, or cute post-its, or....something.
I love their twiddly, fiddly beingness. Do you?
And, to top it off, I had a complete YES! Someone Understands! moment reading it last night:
"In one of the desk drawers beside my chair I squirrelled away a delicious collection of stationery articles which I planned to try very hard never to use. I have always been irresistibly drawn to stationery counters in newsagents' shops. I'm a loony about stationery. I love it all. I love the rubber bands and the sticky labels and the pencil sharpeners and the staple guns and the Blu-Tack and the drawing pins and the neat little packs of envelopes. I love their fiddly, twiddly, functional little beingness, and I love having them stowed away in MY drawer. Yes, I do!"
For you see, I still have some sweet little colored clips and stationery and fancy pens that I've managed to almost never use for about 20 years now. I have the very last pages of very favorite stationery squirrelled away from childhood. I have unused novelty erasers from the 70s. And I love them all. Yes, I do! I cannot escape a stationery store unscathed, I always end up buying an interesting pen, or a little sketchbook, or cute post-its, or....something.
I love their twiddly, fiddly beingness. Do you?
