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Monthly Archives: November 2016
Remnant
My mother carefully saved remnants from a lifetime of sewing in a closet in her sewing room. There lived a brimming-over bounty of ribbed burgundy corduroy, pajama-smooth flannel, perky cottons, formal wools and tweeds. Many of these cherished fragments came … Continue reading
Are you a Contemplative?
“I don’t see myself as a contemplative person,” I said confidently to my spiritual director. “What?! he replied. “Of course you are a contemplative person! You are always thinking; you contemplate. Remember your Latin,” he went on. “The word contemplation comes … Continue reading
The Devil’s Job
This blog now contains more than 550 posts. The post below first appeared on June 28, 2013. I am sharing it again because it is appropriate for us to carry with us as we close out a period of incendiary … Continue reading
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Living Creatively
In June of 2015, I wrote about my husband’s love for blueberry muffins and what the task of making them every day taught me. My husband finally had his fill of blueberry muffins, so I stopped making them. This week, … Continue reading
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