A dear friend reminds me occasionally that what she calls “nun-speak” or “sister-speak” is not clear to the average layperson. For example when we say “slide” meaning the cafeteria counter […]
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Aug
Aug
I have often shared the story that on a summer day in my childhood, walking down a country road in Ohio, I experienced a moment of profound enlightenment. I did […]
Be in the moment! Ah, if only I could… but the moment doesn’t wait for me to get there, already it’s gone to the next: a new moment and here […]
Ivan came to work the garden this morning. “Your garden,” he said “should be called an Oasis of Love.” What a wonderful thought! I remember one of our guests saying […]
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Mar
Mar
I was recently intrigued by a quote from Teilhard de Chardin. “Our role is no longer to merely ease suffering, bind up wounds, and feed the hungry, but through every […]
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Jan
Jan
January is a “delicious” time of year to take stock of life. The New Year is a blank slate, a fresh start, a transition often from a “rocky” past year. […]
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Dec
Dec
I have an earworm today. The lyric for David Haas’ “Star-Child” is playing over and over in my head. “This year, this year let the day arrive when […]
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Nov
Nov
This magic moment! The celebrations of the Mexican Dia de Muertos and the western Christian All Saints and All Souls days focus us on our ancestors. We recall those we […]
Autumn again! Harvest time! … of what was sown and what was not sown. How is it that the little critters that spend the summer scampering around gathering seeds and […]
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May
May
We started in April, after the last snow had finally melted away and the ground began to soften. We turned the compost, cleaned up the trash that had blown into […]