Riparian Churchhttp://riparianchurch.com/blog/Faith, Culture, and the Weight of the MillstoneThu, 31 May 2012 09:58:59 +0000All Material Copyright Riparian Churchen-USSquarespace Site Server v5.11.81 (http://www.squarespace.com/)Dark SpacesOtterThu, 31 May 2012 08:39:58 +0000http://riparianchurch.com/blog/2012/5/31/dark-spaces.html569765:6579635:16506244http://riparianchurch.com/blog/rss-comments-entry-16506244.xmlCommunication"Love" AddictionAddictionCommunicationCultureStudent WritingOtterWed, 30 May 2012 22:37:45 +0000http://riparianchurch.com/blog/2012/5/30/communication.html569765:6579635:16501849http://riparianchurch.com/blog/rss-comments-entry-16501849.xmlThey Say of the Acropolis Where The Parthenon Is....Stephen FryOtterWed, 30 May 2012 22:30:52 +0000http://riparianchurch.com/blog/2012/5/30/they-say-of-the-acropolis-where-the-parthenon-is.html569765:6579635:16501713http://riparianchurch.com/blog/rss-comments-entry-16501713.xmlThe Otter Looks Askance At The '70's Vibe That Got Into His iTunesOtterWed, 30 May 2012 20:15:26 +0000http://riparianchurch.com/blog/2012/5/30/the-otter-looks-askance-at-the-70s-vibe-that-got-into-his-it.html569765:6579635:16500672http://riparianchurch.com/blog/rss-comments-entry-16500672.xmlDylanBob DylanOtterWed, 30 May 2012 19:10:20 +0000http://riparianchurch.com/blog/2012/5/30/dylan.html569765:6579635:16499852http://riparianchurch.com/blog/rss-comments-entry-16499852.xmlTie-DyeParentingOtterWed, 30 May 2012 14:27:53 +0000http://riparianchurch.com/blog/2012/5/30/tie-dye.html569765:6579635:16496356http://riparianchurch.com/blog/rss-comments-entry-16496356.xmlLimerence Journal: May 30LimerenceRelationshipsSpiritualitySufferingOtterWed, 30 May 2012 11:27:00 +0000http://riparianchurch.com/blog/2012/5/30/limerence-journal-may-30.html569765:6579635:16494361She wakes me every morning, does Limerence.  She’s not like a lover: more like one of those obscure magical perpetually chaste maidens in the medieval Welsh and Provençal King Arthur romances, constantly narrating my day, redirecting me, retelling and interpreting the past, foretelling the future, weaving dreams about a terrible and dreadful present that I can’t control.

The knights who draw these chicks for their companions invariably are strong silent milquetoasts who do her bidding without question and accept her judgments without argument.  I try to raise the bar a bit.

How we feel tells us something powerful about who we are.  What we do with that is our choice.

]]>http://riparianchurch.com/blog/rss-comments-entry-16494361.xmlWakingDreamsOtterWed, 30 May 2012 10:27:00 +0000http://riparianchurch.com/blog/2012/5/30/waking.html569765:6579635:16491826http://riparianchurch.com/blog/rss-comments-entry-16491826.xmlLoneliness and Solitude: JournalPersonal ReflectionRelationshipsSolitudeOtterWed, 30 May 2012 03:40:49 +0000http://riparianchurch.com/blog/2012/5/29/loneliness-and-solitude-journal.html569765:6579635:16491346

Uptown New Orleans: May 29, 2012

“You can be lonely with people, and at home in your solitude; the people that stay closest in your heart are the ones who share the solitude without obliterating it; who are company that doesn’t make you lonely…” ]]>http://riparianchurch.com/blog/rss-comments-entry-16491346.xmlSherlock and Dr. PinkyOtterTue, 29 May 2012 23:00:24 +0000http://riparianchurch.com/blog/2012/5/29/sherlock-and-dr-pinky.html569765:6579635:16487994My daughter, the Nightmare Child, who is in my opinion the coolest person in the universe, forwards me this with the words, “Oh, dear lord…” ]]>http://riparianchurch.com/blog/rss-comments-entry-16487994.xml