Anne Lamott and Fr. Tom Weston (1997)
"You can safely assume that you've created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do."
---Anne Lamott
A few years ago, I was invited to a reading at Fr. Tom's Jesuit retreat house in Oakland to hear one of my favorite writers, Anne Lamott. I remember wishing that she had written "Operating Instructions: A Journal Through My Son's First Year" when my daughter had been that age. Oh well, it was funny and instructive at any age. And I loved "Bird by Bird" a must for any writer at any level, imho.
It was a thrill to meet her in such an intimate and relaxed setting. And I count Fr Tom as a special friend, a true mensch in every sense of the word.
This was the best shot of a wonderful day.
PS: Her recent piece on Salon, "My Son the Stranger", has a nice interaction with Fr. Tom at the end, btw...
Anne Lamott and Fr. Tom Weston (1997)
"You can safely assume that you've created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do."
---Anne Lamott
A few years ago, I was invited to a reading at Fr. Tom's Jesuit retreat house in Oakland to hear one of my favorite writers, Anne Lamott. I remember wishing that she had written "Operating Instructions: A Journal Through My Son's First Year" when my daughter had been that age. Oh well, it was funny and instructive at any age. And I loved "Bird by Bird" a must for any writer at any level, imho.
It was a thrill to meet her in such an intimate and relaxed setting. And I count Fr Tom as a special friend, a true mensch in every sense of the word.
This was the best shot of a wonderful day.
PS: Her recent piece on Salon, "My Son the Stranger", has a nice interaction with Fr. Tom at the end, btw...