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[peculiar_notion]

I have been dealing with some very unpleasant issues lately, and I am trying to focus my energies on the positive aspects of my life. Sometimes I just don't do well, but I keep trying. I hate drama. I hate upheaval. I wish my wee boat could always be on smooth water instead of this fucking stormy sea. I had enough shipwrecks as a child to last 1,

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[divine_cow]

I can't wait to see the finished rose garden! In the craziness of leaving at 4 a.m. Saturday, I meant to leave truck keys on your front porch, just in case you went crazy with rock hauling. Then it rained so much that I figured there was no way you would be working outside. (I should have remembered that you actually like this weather!)

Religion kept coming up as a topic of conversation this weekend (a couple of hours in the car is a good source of banal chatter!) I got an offhand compliment when we were talking about prayer in schools. I suggested that prayer in school is simply an issue of tolerance (primarily Christian, although increasingly Jewish as well). That a person should be secure enough in their faith to accept the existence of other faiths...and that it would be interesting if each faith was represented in kind (so like, Muslim Monday, Hindu Tuesday, etc.)...that FEAR of other religions is the essence of the problem. Jaime laughed and said, "yeah, but you're enlightened...it wouldn't work with most people". Personally, I like knowing there are "many paths up the mountain"...maybe I just like knowing there really is a mountain.

I definitely am liking the Hindu gods. Saraswati seems like a much better ally than St. Jude, patron saint of hopeless causes!

I hope things were happier and quieter the last couple of days. (I'm a little surprised at your movie choice...Donnie Darko wasn't exactly the "feel good" hit of the year! I still haven't seen it because the commercials alone freak me out!)

[peculiar_notion]

I am so thrilled with how the garden is coming along. We have decided that we need one of those round cement picnic tables to sit out amongst the rocks. It seats SIX so we could have a study group outdoors some Thursday.

Religion is also at the forefront of conversations in this household. I feel that I am becoming more aware of spiritualty (including my own), but the more I know, the more I realise that I know very little. I think the search for meaning is moving me forward in this life.

I always thought some of the Catholic saints were a bit depressing. I think the Hindu deities are much more hopeful in general. Even though some are rather stern and destructive, there is always something positive that comes from the destruction.

As far as Donnie Darko is concerned, I really thought it was more of a horror film. I did NOT know it was going to be a brooding, intense film. I'm STILL not sure I even understood it. Maybe you SHOULD watch it so you can explain it to me!