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January 2014

January 30, 2014

Time and Priorities

On Tuesday, Ann Voskamp posted How to Find Time and Space for the Life You...

January 13, 2014

I’m Back. And I have a post up at Deeper Family. Also, hi.

Hi. It feels a little strange to sit here writing something out to say...

February 2013

February 15, 2013

My Chalkboard: Jane Kenyon

I love Jane Kenyon (who died in 1995). She was the first poet...

February 12, 2013

Thankful Tuesday (before Ash Wednesday)

This, as I head into this “Sabbath Lent”: “Stop for one whole day every...

January 2013

January 17, 2013

The Spiritual Practice of Slowness

I was strangely moved by that almost final scene in the movie Lincoln, when the...

January 08, 2013

Thankful Tuesday: Oh the Holidays!

(We traveled to Texas, Philadelphia, and made a little hop up to Connecticut. You know,...

June 2012

June 21, 2012

A Thursday-ish List

Yes, I'm still off in the land of vacations, where time doesn't exist (except for...

March 2012

March 07, 2012

{Practicing Benedict} Work and Prayer and Rest

"Idleness is the enemy of the soul. Therefore all the community must be occupied at...

March 02, 2012

Poem-a-Day Friday: Sarah C. Harwell

I haven't been reading my poem-a-day this week. But I've been thinking about a poem...

February 2012

February 13, 2012

Sweet Monday Morning Goodness

I read this words in bed yesterday morning, in my Christmas pajama pants (yes, I'm...

January 2012

January 25, 2012

{Practicing Benedict} On rising immediately

"All should be prepared to rise immediately without any delay as soon as the signal...

January 24, 2012

‘The hours illuminated and celebrated’: Thankful Tuesday

"Cast out from the luxuriant friendship and ease of the hours, we feel a blankness,...

November 2011

November 17, 2011

Transition and Cushion

One Monday night a month, I gather all my energy to corral the chaos of...

November 15, 2011

Katniss, Katy Perry and my cat: a Thankful Tuesday list

Post-church Hohorst-famous pancakes with friends. Realizing on the way home from Writer's Group last night...

November 08, 2011

…because they are so grateful

Finding this on Ann Voskamp’s wonderful blog: “I doubt that there is such a thing...

October 2011

October 18, 2011

Milk, Pumpkins and Neighbors: A Thankful Tuesday List

My baby learning how to sign “milk” (his arm goes straight up in the air...

July 2011

July 24, 2011

The Whole Heart

Last week I quoted St. Anthony and lamented that I was not only subpar in...

July 12, 2011

Thankful Maine

One of the reasons I love summer is that I love the idea that every...

July 01, 2011

Off to Awesomeland!

There are some weeks (like this one) where I don’t post much because I’m utterly...

March 2011

March 30, 2011

Why is rest such hard work?

Alysia Yates is one of those dearest kinds of people who come into your life...

March 24, 2011

Bless Thou to me my rest

The great thing about the first few weeks after delivering a child is that no...

February 2011

February 08, 2011

I’m grateful for…

A husband who is much kinder to me than I am to him. His new...

January 2011

January 21, 2011

Weakness and Acceptance

There’s a point in pregnancy when you suddenly think: “Something’s wrong with me!” Of course,...

November 2010

November 23, 2010

Thankful for Thanksgiving.

Today I'm thankful that I've decided to go on a Thanksgiving week hiatus. This was...