A New Blog Name? Plus A Treat

 

I never thought I'd do this, but I'm considering changing my blog name. 

Over the course of this summer, working with my dad's campaign, and just being around a lot of Libertarians, I humorously penned the phrase social porcupine. 

I've come to like it a lot. 

I don't identify as Libertarian, but I do appreciate some of the thought. And the Porcupine mascot is just so adorable, not to mention symbolic! This cute little creature that means no harm . . . ah, but if you mess with it, then  . . . well, you just better shouldn't have. 

Yet, part of me doesn't like the stiff, selfish, don't encroach upon my bubble vibe it also can portray. "Don't tread on me" isn't all that hospitable. I once saw something I liked a little better: Don't Tread on Anyone. 

Still, to me liberty isn't meant to be so individualistic, but rather a knowledge of who we belong to. Not to myself or to another man, but rather to something higher, namely someone higher. Such liberty is inclusive, focusing on community rather than individual desires. 

This sort of liberty is welcoming, sociable, pleasantly life-giving, and full of joy rather than a bristled anger or fearful self-protection. 

Thus the Social Porcupine. 

Of course, I don't want this blog to change in content. I won't suddenly be posting more politics. I feel that this title doesn't really need to relate so much to politics, but rather to life.  So my content would remain ever so diverse and delightful. 

And if I drew a whimsical little porcupine basking among wildflowers . . . wouldn't that be just beyond darling? 

But you tell me your thoughts. Change my blog title? Or must this space remain forever Keturah's Korner? Doesn't the Social Porcupine have such an interesting ring to it? 

And then for the treat. Though it actually may be a turmoil of a read. One of my friends said afterward that it was "beautiful to read . . . quite impressed." But then the final paragraph featured herself ;) 

I was asked to write this article because my family is known for my father's "extreme" views on generosity. I say extreme just as the Jews would have thought the story of the Samaritan extreme, or of turning the other cheek, and even how most modern Christians would think those stories extreme if practiced literally. 

It has to be one of my favorite pieces written recently because I poured out many emotions, charitable and hateful, and got to a place of complete peace. Something I'd not quite come to terms with as the daughter of a very generous father. 

Read True Hospitality here by clicking on the PDF and reading page thirteen. 

I do hope you enjoy it!!