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ruthy

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About Me

I water my houseplants with a brown betty teapot, the dominant decor items in my little pink house are musical instruments, I wear vintage jewelry, and find myself strangely compelled to sing often, and climb trees.

My Interests

God, epic bed-head roadtrips, expression, weather, languages, being out of doors, making music, dancing, cooking what food i eat, being among fronds (family and friends)

I'd like to meet:

a cup of coffee on a ski lift.

Music:

Rick Mugrage, Jed Laurance, Chris Lamson, Sufjan Stevens, Iona, Lifehouse, Chasing Furies, and playing my own stuff till my fingers are raw and my head is wrapped up in the words and the melody, my hands, my vocal chords and the guitar or piano meld, soul-pouring, and i forget everything but the open, intoxicating line of communication with God.

Movies:

north and south, pride and prejudice (any version, because it is a beautiful but brutally honest foray into the foibles of femininity, and the honesty with herself that any woman must embrace to truly experience love), fellowship of the ring, last of the mohicans, chronicles of narnia, anything with Jed Laurance or Danny Kaye in it, cheesy old musicals.

Television:

i don't. -i dare you to read all this. it could be boring, but you could learn something, like that i am, in fact, justified in liking pride and prejudice, and ridiculously fond of alliteration.

Books:

blue like jazz, messy spirituality, for women only, the secular squeeze, the valley of song, chronicles of narnia, lord of the rings, the bronze bow, and the amplified bible.

Heroes:

people who love daily, and care to win the small battles. And, of course, God, with whom I am madly in love. Mostly though, Jesus, on account of his whole life and death and life again.

My Blog

ruth’s venture east

i went to china one time. "on time" says Juli."oh," says i. I wasn't actually. much at all. ...
Posted by ruthy on Sat, 22 Dec 2007 05:12:00 PST

space for love

if love is such a broad, sweeping, strong thing, then it must need room to really work its wonders. or maybe,      maybe love rages through cramped spaces, and makes itself room. crashi...
Posted by ruthy on Sat, 15 Sep 2007 12:09:00 PST

cake

i'm not really all that into cake. or frosting. it's like a shock of sugar to my brain, but almost too sweet to get past my mouth. i was just thinking how God is all about having cake and eating it to...
Posted by ruthy on Sun, 22 Jul 2007 12:04:00 PST

friends

i have friends that are like true colors to be around. so intense and vibrant, alive and honest. i have other friends that are soothing to be around, gentler shades of color. i have friends that ...
Posted by ruthy on Tue, 01 May 2007 12:23:00 PST

life in a snowglobe

my face still feels cold, but i managed to stay especially dry this sledding expedition.energy cannot be created or destroyed. converted, yes; stored, yes; transferred, yes. so, what do you do with an...
Posted by ruthy on Sun, 24 Dec 2006 02:31:00 PST

the long way 'round

   Sometimes I lose sight of the goal, of why I live the way I live. I can always trace it back to a decision I made; often a seemingly insignificant blunder. Sometimes life just wears on yo...
Posted by ruthy on Sat, 07 Oct 2006 05:55:00 PST

judgement calls

part of growing up is learning how to make good decisions, and then making them.when you were a kid, it seemed like the most logical thing in the world to tie a blanket under your chin and then jump o...
Posted by ruthy on Fri, 22 Sep 2006 09:50:00 PST

roses

i was in montana last week.in my backyard there are roses now, so big that i can barely cup my hands around them. smooth, soft, white petals, and then yellow in the depths. Smelling them is like falli...
Posted by ruthy on Wed, 28 Jun 2006 12:59:00 PST

dogs

Once, a while back, i hated dogs. i thought they were smelly and impolite. cats were, in my opinion, nearly as cool as us bipeds. now, anyone can tell you that cats and dogs are supposed to be enemies...
Posted by ruthy on Tue, 04 Apr 2006 02:21:00 PST

words

words are strange. some days i just don't have them; some days making faces or waving my hands just works better. i also use sound effects a lot.  i used to use words like fine-point pens or exac...
Posted by ruthy on Thu, 02 Mar 2006 10:07:00 PST