I noticed you wrote… “If the game isn’t fun anymore, than who cares?”

THAN?

Are you looking for a good editor?

Sorry, I couldn’t help myself. If you weren’t a writer and one of my favorites I certainly wouldn’t have bothered pointing this one out.

P.S. – way to go on the weight loss. You looked good at the DNC.

anyway, just wanted you to know that you inspired me to get a book i had written a while back off my computer and into the hands of a publisher to go ahead and publish.

i have writtten a couple before and they a have been published but this one was so personal. they wanted it but for some reason i was afraid to be REAL in front of everyone…

Your book inspired me to send it in and they are in process of the publishing process now.

I am dedicating the book to you.:) its called “Spiritual Reflections of a Montana Girl in a Lousiana State.”

thx for the kick in the butt.

i love the way you express life, God and your own processing outloud for others to relate to. Your creative gift is incredible.

I am also so impressed that you are using your life experiences as a child without a father to help singles moms and the fatherless. i am a young single mom. its tough. i love being a mom, but i am also in full time ministry and its tough trying to be do it all…ya know? alot of time i feel like i’m gonna break in half or at least have a personal melt down, but God always kicks in.

come to louisiana and speak at one of our conferences. let me interview you for my show..then you can write about us www.swiftfire.org

i wanna send you a copy of the book, or maybe a few chapters to see whatch think…ha ha wanna do the foreward?….wurd.:)keep in touch. hope to meet you in person soon.

His, sharnael

I was looking for someplace to post this near, around, too, Don and people inspired by his insight. THis seems as good a place as any.

One of my favorite authors, David Foster Wallace, committed suicide on FRI. It has saddened me a great deal.

Things of his have been popping up online and I found this link to a commencement speech he gave a few years back. He talks about how we are the center of our universe and how hard it is to get past that. I have heard Don speak on that regularly so I thought y’all might find it interesting. It is a fantastic speech.

This is water.

thanks.

http://www.marginalia.org/dfw_kenyon_commencement.html

I have spent the last two summers in Africa, teaching in Northern Uganda. The Americans on this trip, have a faith that is different from my own faith experience. Since I enjoy my Catholic faith, I believe the only way to get better is to learn more and listen to others.

Any way thanks for the great letter to Vince. I do not know him, but wish we all could get letter like this from people we don’t know.

Now I want to read one of your books, but since I just learned about you today. I was hoping you would share one, or one of your loyal fans would.

Thanks,

John Magee