From Matt's baseball game tonight. They won 16 - 10. Go Tigers!!!
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
Monday, June 6, 2011
Day 8
Today ended up being a lazy day: reading, wrapped up in a blanket. It was nice and I'm trying not to think of it as wasteful. Ironic that the book I'm reading is called Sinner. :)
Sunday, June 5, 2011
Day 7
So, today was not the best picture day and can't say I'm incredibly proud of the picture I took but I committed to a picture a day and a picture it is.
I saw this set of hand towels in Fred Meyer's today and it caught my eye. The most likely reason is probably because four years of going to school for sociology has seeped into my brain and I can no longer blissfully look at the world as harmonious. :) Another reason is because I have been struggling with being a Quaker woman in a patriarchal world. I do not know how to fit the two ideologies together sometimes and often the resulting emotion is anger, bordering on man-hating. While I am desperately fighting the man hating because I know too many wonderful men in my life I do not always know what to do with the anger. I hear stories from my female friends about ways they have been treated or ways in which men have used power over them and I get so frustrated. Expressing this frustration is complicated as well. The men in my life whom I love and trust do not always understand, either what I am talking about or how to not take the anger personally. Finding the right woman is hard also. I find someone as angry and confused as me and instead of working through it, it festers inside of me. Also, as I listen to stories I realize that I have my own stories of ways in which being a woman has led to a less than advantageous outcome. So, seeing these towels in the store today, at first I rolled my eyes and laughed, then I stopped and found myself asking, "how dare they?" It's simply a set of towels but when you think about it what are they saying ans what kind of message are they portraying? Maybe the towels really are just a silly thing but I don't think the struggle is.
I saw this set of hand towels in Fred Meyer's today and it caught my eye. The most likely reason is probably because four years of going to school for sociology has seeped into my brain and I can no longer blissfully look at the world as harmonious. :) Another reason is because I have been struggling with being a Quaker woman in a patriarchal world. I do not know how to fit the two ideologies together sometimes and often the resulting emotion is anger, bordering on man-hating. While I am desperately fighting the man hating because I know too many wonderful men in my life I do not always know what to do with the anger. I hear stories from my female friends about ways they have been treated or ways in which men have used power over them and I get so frustrated. Expressing this frustration is complicated as well. The men in my life whom I love and trust do not always understand, either what I am talking about or how to not take the anger personally. Finding the right woman is hard also. I find someone as angry and confused as me and instead of working through it, it festers inside of me. Also, as I listen to stories I realize that I have my own stories of ways in which being a woman has led to a less than advantageous outcome. So, seeing these towels in the store today, at first I rolled my eyes and laughed, then I stopped and found myself asking, "how dare they?" It's simply a set of towels but when you think about it what are they saying ans what kind of message are they portraying? Maybe the towels really are just a silly thing but I don't think the struggle is.
Saturday, June 4, 2011
Day 6
Mark Kelley and Sarah Staples got married today. It was a beautiful wedding and the weather was wonderful. Blessings to them as they start their lives together!
Friday, June 3, 2011
Thursday, June 2, 2011
Day 4
Whether or not it's raining, which is does quite a lot here, I feel the need to be outside. I was reminded of that today in talking to a professor. There is something restful for the soul in being outside and working hard. I wonder if part of my learning how to be still will involve physical labor, basking in the sun and maybe even occasionally walking in the rain. That is why I took this picture today. To remind me to rejoice and see beauty in places that could be seen as sad or where I feel hopeless and that I am doing nothing worthwhile in my life. So, bring on the rain and the opportunity to take beautiful pictures.
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Day 3
Went to a concert tonight at Coffee Cottage. It was nice to get out of the house and got the added bonus of listening to friends play wonderful music. Reminded me that I have a wonderful support group here in Newberg and have a lot to be thankful for.
(Dustin Junkert & Cameron DeWhitt)
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