by danya | Jul 13, 2008 | Blog
Things have been rolling along as I’m reacquainting myself with a city I’ve only really talked to at parties, or in passing. I think we’ve already started to get to know each other better than ever before, and I’m looking forward to deepening...
by danya | Jul 4, 2008 | Blog
Evidently Borders thinks that Surprised By God is supposed to be filed in the “Latter-Day Saints” section. Now, I’m a relatively nice person, but I think that may be a bit of an exaggeration. 😉 It’ll get fixed, hopefully before books go on...
by danya | Jul 2, 2008 | Blog
Surprised by God Danya Ruttenberg Beacon Press, 2008 Subtitled “How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Religion,” Danya Ruttenberg’s very personal account includes: rejecting the sterile religion of her childhood, dancing her way through punk...
by danya | Jun 30, 2008 | Blog
We have gotten to our new (temporary) digs in the Boston area, and so far so good. The rest of the trip was lovely, featuring more visits with people of whom I get to see woefully little and less of the random tourism. All in all, a fair trade. I am having a little...
by danya | Jun 22, 2008 | Blog
Graceland was fun, of course, but ultimately a bit disappointing. I was just expecting something, well, bigger in terms of both the size and scope of the tacky and the glitz. Great Late Elvis jumpsuit display, though. Nashville: yay. The Country and Western Museum and...
by danya | Jun 19, 2008 | Blog
Wednesday night on Beale Street is Biker Night. (The Harley kind, not the Critical Mass kind). Evidently this is the night of the week where they let bikes onto this no-cars thoroughfare, so hogs of all stripes and sorts were lining both sides of the streets, and...