December 2011
29 posts
update!
So, I’ve been putting off this post for a long time—on purpose. It’s been sitting in my draft folder with the title “better than I could have ever asked or imagined” but nothing below it. I’ve been waiting to fill the space with an amazing story about how I came to Richmond, Virginia with no money and no plan, and how the Lord blessed me with the greatest job in...
christmas is even better when your best friends...
so thankful for creative friends this holiday season! @brittbass
paddle out
John Mossy, a schoolmate from my elementary days in San Diego, died last Sunday night. A “paddle out” was held in his honor this past Saturday morning at Moonlight Beach. I still cannot grasp the breathtaking emotion behind these photos. I only wish I could have been there to honor and celebrate the life of John. He will be so dearly missed.
photos by Nichole Kurn.
Light by Morning
If you’re a blog collector like me, and have a giant list of them categorized in sub-folders all over your Google Reader, then put “Light by Morning“ at the top of your list! Written by my dear friend Mollie Turbeville, the blog (similar to mine) is an outpouring of all sorts of emotions through a look at one’s daily life. Recently married and graduated from NC State,...
love.
Soft and yellow light. She looked behind her to see the church house still lingering in the warm darkness. Its beauty swam to her heart. The child turned around and looked up at her mother. And her mother smiled back with the same softness of the little white church. The August night became slow and easy around the two, cozy like winter. The tiny child closed her deep brown eyes, allowing herself...
DC for the day!
It was about time, right!? I can’t believe that I have never been to Washington D.C., home of the good ole red, white and blue. This past Saturday morning, we loaded up two cars and drove up to a metro station just outside the city. The train dropped us off smack dab in the middle of the Capital Building, the National Monument, and several famous museums. We did everything from visit Mr. Abe...
“Then Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a tambourine in her hand,...”
– Exodus 15:20
starving writer
Editor Jim Dodson of the PineStraw Magazine, a publication in my hometown, has asked me to write an article for the new year on my so-far trials as a college grad. Not only am I excited to cozy up in coffee shops again, banging away at the keys, and sketching random notes on various pieces of paper, but I’m excited to get paid!—can I hear an AMEN!?
Jim wants me to write a comical...
keep in touch
So according to Google Analytics there are now several hundred of you all over the country, and even the world, following Plum Nellie. First let me say: I am incredibly thankful and blessed that so many of you would tune-in to read my personal, crazy, sometimes ridiculous stories, poems, and just need-to-get-this-off-my-chest ramblings. I started this blog years ago because I so wanted, needed a...
