Occasionally I post links to songs, videos, poetry, or prose that stick in my head.
“In my arms, you’ll find your peace” (from A Wretch Like Me) is as good of a line as any for a holiday season where so many are hurting.
Since I first listened the other day, that one line is the one that I come back to the most. It reminds me that our (my) peace isn’t permanent outside of the arms where we (I) belong.
You can download the EP here.

where early-morning life is poured
into porcelain mugs
and quickly cools against the coming season.

John + MJ from Pistil Films on Vimeo.
video: jade sullivan
photo: ben williams
song: kurt vile

My friend Bradley’s heart stopped while he was playing basketball a few weeks ago. I’ve wanted to say something about it, but I haven’t known what.

The last time I saw him was over six months ago, outside a coffee shop in Charleston. As usual, he and his wife were nothing but encouraging. He was that way with everybody- the outpouring of love that has come in the last two weeks from Copenhagen, Mumbai, Stavanger, Bristol, Charleston, and a handful of other cities around the world are the evidence. I think about him a lot now when I’m driving to and from work.

Sigur Rós – Glósóli from sigur-ros.co.uk on Vimeo.
I love it because it reminds me of being five and jumping from the back of our patterned cloth couch to the shaggy green carpet below. For a moment, I swear, I flew.