Dear Family and Friends,
The semester is over! AMEN! Always a wonderful feeling; I don’t think that exsuberation of childhood when the last day of school arrives ever leaves us. No matter how much we have enjoyed the year or semester in this case, there is a joy in being done with something. It can now serve as a building block to bigger and better things.
Interviewed with the University Library this week for their Government Publications position and I feel it went well. Interviews have never bothered me. I actually find them rather fun. There’s something about the challenge of establishing to an organization that you are a boon, a choice oppurtunity that they dare not pass on. I don’t think I have ever not gotten a job based on the interview and have gotten a few that I might not have otherwise gotten based on the interview.
The Christmas lights are beautiful with snow as a backdrop and in many cases a cover. I have spotted a couple of snow covered evergreens where the lights beamed through that looked like something out of a storybook or Christmas special. Christmas is a wonderful time of the year where the spirit of love and mercy abounds. On that note, before I forget, I wish you all a Merry Christmas.
Love,
Steve
P.S. Here are some snow and Christmas decoration photos I think you’ll enjoy.
Sunday, December 16, 2007
Monday, December 3, 2007
Dear Family and Friends
Dear Family and Friends,
The Holiday Season is upon us and with it has come frigid cold. I now know what it feels like to live in the frozen foods section of the grocery store. I kid. This time of year gets me to thinking about traditons, specifically those associated with Christmas. I have a few: I study scriptures of the Saviors birth and life in general, Watch Classic Holiday Movies and Television Specials, and many more. Last year I started a tradition of reading a Christmas Carol. I found a cool radio renditon of it on the internet by Orson Wells from the 30’s that I think I will listen to. There are a few others that I plan on trying this year. Like anything else, Christmas is what one makes it and makes it about. So many of the memories I hold dear are from Christmases’ Past. One of my favorites is putting Christmas lights each year.
The semester is almost over. It went by rather fast, but is dragging towards the end. Only one more to go though. Yeah for me. There is a lot to be said for not letting a dream die. I have an interview with Michener Library, with whom I am interning with and I think my chances are good that I will get a position. Right now a position at the University of Hawaii sounds so much better, but Colorado is beautiful as well, when warm. Maybe Cocoa is the solution to my woes.
I’ve written three poems in the last week. It has been a few years since I last wrote one but as of the other night I have had a rush of inspiration. The story: I literally woke up out of a dead sleep with lines running through my head. I wrote them down and couldn’t go back to sleep until I finished it. Inspiration is a wonderful experience. It is like magic when something comes to you out of thin air. It is a gift. I often feel the inspiration of the Holy Ghost is similar, in terms of being a gift anyways. The difference is that one must be prepared and its influence come when one is prepared to listen and obey. Wait a minute, may they are the same.
With that a bid you adieu. I hope the Savior’s birth and his adventual atonement is at the foremost of your thoughts in this giving season. I love you all and pray this season finds you fulfilled and happy.
Love,
Steve
The Holiday Season is upon us and with it has come frigid cold. I now know what it feels like to live in the frozen foods section of the grocery store. I kid. This time of year gets me to thinking about traditons, specifically those associated with Christmas. I have a few: I study scriptures of the Saviors birth and life in general, Watch Classic Holiday Movies and Television Specials, and many more. Last year I started a tradition of reading a Christmas Carol. I found a cool radio renditon of it on the internet by Orson Wells from the 30’s that I think I will listen to. There are a few others that I plan on trying this year. Like anything else, Christmas is what one makes it and makes it about. So many of the memories I hold dear are from Christmases’ Past. One of my favorites is putting Christmas lights each year.
The semester is almost over. It went by rather fast, but is dragging towards the end. Only one more to go though. Yeah for me. There is a lot to be said for not letting a dream die. I have an interview with Michener Library, with whom I am interning with and I think my chances are good that I will get a position. Right now a position at the University of Hawaii sounds so much better, but Colorado is beautiful as well, when warm. Maybe Cocoa is the solution to my woes.
I’ve written three poems in the last week. It has been a few years since I last wrote one but as of the other night I have had a rush of inspiration. The story: I literally woke up out of a dead sleep with lines running through my head. I wrote them down and couldn’t go back to sleep until I finished it. Inspiration is a wonderful experience. It is like magic when something comes to you out of thin air. It is a gift. I often feel the inspiration of the Holy Ghost is similar, in terms of being a gift anyways. The difference is that one must be prepared and its influence come when one is prepared to listen and obey. Wait a minute, may they are the same.
With that a bid you adieu. I hope the Savior’s birth and his adventual atonement is at the foremost of your thoughts in this giving season. I love you all and pray this season finds you fulfilled and happy.
Love,
Steve
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