Yes, I sat at my desk for most of the day yesterday, with the Novitiate file open in front of me on my laptop.

And, yes! I did manage to edit two sentences the entire day!!!

But some days are just like that.

Perhaps today will yield something a little more fruitful, but two perfect sentences are still better than two sentences that were only okay…

I’m not going to tarry here today, gang. I want to make some progress on marilynsroombooks.com today, in addition to working some more on Novitiate. (There’s probably at least one sentence there that could be just a little bit better!!)

But before I go —

I thought this was very, very interesting, gang. I’m not supporting any candidates right now — everything is either optics or a psyop (or both?). But I did think Vivek Ramaswamy was a decent guy…. Oops! My mistake.

From Code Monkey Z:

“I researched Vivek Ramaswamy’s Twitter feed and found that he may not be who you think he is.

Vivek Ramaswamy
Assessing the political views and statements of a presidential candidate

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Nick Cave sent out a Red Hand File this morning that was full of his usual compassion and good advice. A reader wrote in wanting advice about how best to deal with the new responsibilities in his life after his father’s stroke.

“…I have found that embedded within these challenges there is almost always the opportunity for renewal or transformation. That is the plain but uncomfortable truth. I say this with a much conflicted heart, but it seems clear to me that the heartbreaks that routinely befall us – personally, societally or universally – are, in fact, the necessary gifts of change. These painful upheavals always provide us with the option for self-destruction or for transcendence. Heartbreak can be the engine of obliteration or growth. The choice is ours.[…]”

You can read it in full here.

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James Tabor — Jesus’ Empty Tomb? Just the Facts Please! (1 hr 12 mins):

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And that’s it for right now!

Enjoy your Monday, wherever you are in the world!!

Thanks for visiting.

I love you guys. See ya!

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Oh yes! My lying-in-bed-with-my-cup-of-coffee-listening music from this morning!!

Rod Stewart’s classic “Maggie May,” from Every Picture Tells A Story, 1971. (Yes, this means that I was eleven years old when I first fell in love with this song! And NOW, sadly, I’m older than Maggie May…) Okay, gang! Enjoy!!