Author Archives: Hannah

Around this home…there are pizzas that mate for life, and further food talk.

Heard around this home lately… “Totino’s pizzas are like ducks… they mate for life. So if I eat one, you have to eat one too.” We sing a lot of Les Mis mash-ups around this home. All of James’ versions … Continue reading

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I’m glad we don’t have kids yet.

This is one of those weeks where I’m glad we don’t have kids yet. It’s not because it gives us the freedom to go out for dinner late at night, or to take off to New York for the weekend, … Continue reading

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Celebrating, New York Style.

Defending my thesis last week was slightly anticlimactic because I dove straight into a weekend busy with a graduate conference, finally doing laundry, and clearing out my three different inboxes AT LAST (and oh that last part feels good!). But … Continue reading

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Beauty in the midst.

It has been a crazy past couple of weeks. Studying for and taking my exams, editing and turning in my thesis, preparing for my defense (which happened yesterday!), and all the regular every day business of life. To top it … Continue reading

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Why I love DC: Zeke’s Donutz

Confession: It takes nothing short of a miracle to get me to work early. And by miracle, I mean being told that “there will be donuts  in the office between 9-10.”  I got there at 10:05 to find the office … Continue reading

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The first of many.

This past weekend Spring FINALLY decided to grace the DC area with her presence. I turned in my thesis Saturday afternoon (pause for a long happy sigh) which meant that Sunday felt especially relaxing. With the lovely weather we decided … Continue reading

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Puppy love.

I spend a lot of time thinking about puppies. James won’t let us get one (ok, so really he is just backing up our landlady on this one… but whatever.) but that doesn’t stop us from chilling out in dog … Continue reading

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In which everybody dies and there are prostitutes.

This afternoon at 1 I take my MA comprehensive exams, which means there has been a lot of studying lately. I have been reviewing all the books I’ve read over the past two years and tracing connections across genres and … Continue reading

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Easter Monkey Bread

Happy Easter y’all. If you missed an Easter service yesterday morning, I’m sorry — I wish you could have all come to the one at our church because it was awesome. I might have been tempted to do a little … Continue reading

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“For God to be a man, he must despair.”

Today is Good Friday, where we remember that God not only became flesh, but death. **************** “The night on Golgotha is so important in the history of man only because, in its shadow, the divinity abandoned its traditional privileges and … Continue reading

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