valentine’s day – Justin B. Fung

My Valentine’s Day History, a.k.a. A Few Thoughts on Love

by Justinchurch, other people's words, personal 14 February, 2012One Comment

For some, Valentine’s Day is a day to treasure, a day to celebrate, a day to spend time and money on a loved one. For others, Valentine’s Day is a day to forget, a day to despise, “Singles Awareness Day.” For me, how I reacted to Valentine’s Day used to depend on my relationship status: …

Love is the ultimate outlaw

by Justinlinks, other people's words 13 February, 2010No Comments

In the February issue of Sojourners, Cathleen Falsani writes about perfect love. In it, she references Tom Robbins’ 1980 novel Still Life with Woodpecker. She introduces it as “the whimsical love story between a red-headed, environmentalist princess (deposed) named Leigh-Cheri and a tequila-swilling outlaw called Bernard,” and highlights “an exchange between the unlikely lovers that …

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