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ashley

{Oh my stars our time will come, while clocks used to crawl now they run}

About Me

{who would have thought that a four letter word would be so hard to spell out}.{Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. To these I will commit my day. If I succeed, I will give thanks. If I fail, I will seek his grace. And then, when this day is done, I will place my head on my pillow and rest}{I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I woke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy}
{There are no events but thoughts and the heart's hard turning, the heart's slow learning where to love and whom. The rest is merely gossip, and tales for other times}{I don't think we can really understand how time passes. We can't study it like a river or tame it with a clock. Our devices only mark its coming and going. I dropped an anchor three months back but time didn't slow. Some things have to end, you know. You feel like life is always leading up to something, but it isn't. I mean life is just life. It's all happening right now, and we aren't going to be any more complete a month from now than we are now. I only say this because I am trying to appreciate everything tonight. I will be leaving soon, and I want to feel this, really understand that it is happening because God breathed some spark into some mud that became us, and He did it for a reason, and I want to feel that reason, not some false explanation}
{life is rich, beauty is everywhere, every personal connection has meaning, and laughter is life's sweetest creation}
{I'll say a prayer in my breath and take a left at the water to the rhythm of my feet a sister and a daughter, to the rythm of the sea with a breeze in the autumn, As it blows through the trees my hands into the water}
{He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find refuge--Psalm 94:1}I edited my profile with Thomas Myspace Editor V4.4 (www.strikefile.com/myspace)

My Interests

{Give me a spirit that on this life's rough sea Loves to have his sails fill'd with a lusty wind Even till his sail-yards tremble, his masts crack, And his rapt ship runs on her side so low That she drinks water, and her keel ploughs air}{peonies, cherry blossoms, fancy parties, fashion, rock n roll}

Music:

Ryan Adams,Mat Kearney, Leslie, k.s.Rhoads,Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, the Black Angels,Damien Rice, Katie Herzig, Andy Davis,Allman Brothers,Stevie Ray Vaughn, Denison Witmer,Band of Horses,Band of Thieves, Wilco, Bob Dylan,Sleeping At Last,Brooke Waggoner,Rufus Wainwright,Gordon Lightfoot,Kansas, The Eagles, Tyler James, Peter Barbee,Perrin Lamb,Chris Garneau, Autovaughn,Sufjan Stevens, Old Crow Medicine Show, Patty Griffin, Ray LaMontagne,Johnny Cash, Regina Spektor,Bill Withers,Jump Little Children,Gabe Dixon Band, Nick Drake, American Bang, Joshua Radin, Iron & Wine, my friends who are incredible musicians....and really, whoever else i feel like.

Movies:

-Les Choristes-Almost Famous-Green Street Hooligans-Bella-Anchorman-Hotel Rwanda-Amelie-The Sound of Music-Memoirs of a Geisha-Garden State-The Jerk

Television:

Project Runway, What Not to Wear,Grey's Anatomy,The Office, Anderson Cooper 360.

Books:

* The Bible* Blue Like Jazz* Searching For God Knows What* Through Painted Deserts* To Own a Dragon*A Year with CS Lewis* Wild At Heart* Captivating* The Ragamuffin Gospel* The Odyssey* The Picture of Dorian Gray* Les Miserables* Dante's The Inferno* Candide* The Merchant Of Venice* Roald Dahl's Boy* Chronicles of Narnia* Into The Wild* Don Quixote* Tales from the 1001 Nights* {Nylon, Vogue}

Heroes:

Jesus.

My Blog

twentythree

just another number. i'd like to think another year olderanother year wiserbut wisdom seldom comes until you earnestly ask for it. every night before i go to bed my chest is tightand my...
Posted by ashley on Sat, 07 Jun 2008 09:37:00 PST

Yahweh Shalom

I pray that he gives you peace. I pray that you knew his mercy. I thank God that He lets tears of joy and sadness stream down my face at the same time {because He is good} My heart bends, breaks, and...
Posted by ashley on Thu, 08 May 2008 08:49:00 PST

above all

This afternoon I went to the movies by myself. .I saw a movie that touched me deeply. I can't stop thinking about it. Bella. It's not for everyone. It should be, but it isn't. I made the mistake of r...
Posted by ashley on Sat, 10 Nov 2007 04:14:00 PST

Twentytwo

Another year over.A tough year. A year filled with lesson after lesson. Some lessons I probably missed.Some lessons were realized upon looking back. Some lessons I'm learning at this very second. I ha...
Posted by ashley on Wed, 30 May 2007 12:23:00 PST

Magnificat

"Oh how I praise the Lord.How I rejoice in God my Savior!For he took notice of his lowly servant girl, and now generation after generation will call me blessed.For he, the Mighty One, is holy, and he ...
Posted by ashley on Thu, 07 Dec 2006 07:12:00 PST

I Put You On Just Like a Ring of Gold

"..could you love this bastard child, though I don't trust you to provide.."     I know some amazing people. People who never complain, people who would never mention themselves before ...
Posted by ashley on Tue, 07 Nov 2006 07:37:00 PST

A How-to Guide: The Art of Cello Playing

{This is a how to guide for all you fine folks out there who are in desperate need of some tips on the fine art of cello playing. We're pretty dressed up so please don't feel intimidated, we jus...
Posted by ashley on Mon, 18 Sep 2006 12:53:00 PST

One more cup of coffee for the road, one more cup of coffee 'fore i go.

I have never been to Africa, but I really love it deeply. It's something that i just can't explain. I read books about Africa, buy movies about Africa, and join organizations that help the people in A...
Posted by ashley on Thu, 07 Sep 2006 08:53:00 PST

Twentyone

My 21st birthday was yesterday. It's hard to believe. The birthday I waited my entire life for, and now it's over. There weren't any fireworks, the love of my life didnt take me by the hand and lead m...
Posted by ashley on Tue, 30 May 2006 03:29:00 PST

It's a Tea Pahty, dahling.

So one day i decided to leave the smelly city and head home to my beautiful mountains. We all loaded up and headed to my River House for a Tea Pahty, dahling. We had lots of yummy snacks. And all of m...
Posted by ashley on Mon, 22 May 2006 12:32:00 PST