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Goodbye to Everest

Anita Mathias — Mon, 02 Mar 2015 18:34:46 +0000

When I was six years old, I wanted to be the first woman to climb Everest. Well, I won’t be. That was Junko Tabei, a Japanese woman–a record which will forever be hers. And neither will be I be the oldest person to climb Everest. That’s Yuichiro Muira, who climbed Everest aged 80. Nope, not […]

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The Good Things of January

Anita Mathias — Tue, 03 Feb 2015 23:08:32 +0000

I’ve adopted Martin Seligman’s recommended habit of recording 3 good things about my day. Apparently, people who do this report being 25% happier within 3 weeks. I think it is true. I’ve often needed to scan my day carefully to see what was golden about it rather than nondescript. After a while looking for gold […]

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Anita’s Belated 2014 Christmas Letter and Early New Year Letter

Anita Mathias — Sat, 27 Dec 2014 19:59:44 +0000

Friends, Happy New Year!! May it be a year of blessing and happiness for all of us My Christmas letter has morphed into a New Year’s letter–which is kind of how my year went! 2014! What a year! Here it is: January—I win an all-expense paid competition to go to … Cambodia with Tearfund. Zoe gets […]

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Anita’s Christmas Letter

Anita Mathias — Tue, 24 Dec 2013 18:30:47 +0000

The mosaic of Christ Pantocrator which we saw last week (Monreale Duomo, Sicily) Merry Christmas, dear readers, and here’s my short and sweet Christmas letter. 2013 was a full year, and a good one. We put 2012 to bed in Malta, which we loved. Neolithic temples, Crusader towns, and fabulous beaches. January Zoe was accepted […]

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I am from the Sweet, Sour, Salty, Bitter Body of Christ

Anita Mathias — Tue, 25 Jun 2013 22:15:01 +0000

I am from the Sweet, Sour, Salty, Bitter Body of Christ I am from earliest memories of Latin Masses in Jamshedpur, India not understanding a word, and then, English masses, I did understand, but was bored by, and Post-Vatican II vernacular masses, in Konkani, Kannada, Marathi on our travels, understanding nothing, but doing our […]

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The Road of Excess Leads to the Palace of Wisdom

Anita Mathias — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 19:09:00 +0000

“The Road of Excess Leads to the Palace of Wisdom,” is one of William Blake’s interesting paradoxes. My husband (who, sadly, is not the most polite of creatures) sometimes says that I remind him of Mr. Toad in The Wind in the Willows. Mr. Toad was overpowered by his latest enthusiasms. A boat—a caravan—a car! As […]

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An Autobiography in Blog Posts: IV. Oxford Redux.

Anita Mathias — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 22:00:00 +0000

A picture of our house from the back garden Previous posts1 An Autobiography in Blog Posts I. Childhood, Boarding School, a Novice at Mother Teresa’s Convent! 2 An autobiography in blog posts–II. Oxford, America, Marriage, Writing 3An Autobiography in Blog Posts: III. Williamsburg, Virginia, and a Desert Experience And here’s the last installment So we left to […]

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An Autobiography in Blog Posts: III. Williamsburg, Virginia, and a Desert Experience

Anita Mathias — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 19:59:00 +0000

Part I–Childhood, Boarding School, a Novice at Mother Teresa’s Convent Part II–Oxford, America, Marriage, Writing And so to Williamsburg, we returned, mourning, mourning, mourning. * * * It was a wilderness experience. I once walked in Oxford University Parks on a bleak December, and saw a scarlet macaw hop along. No, not kidding. Well, that’s […]

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The Leap Years of My Life

Anita Mathias — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 22:50:00 +0000

The Leap Years of my Life 2012—Happy. Blogging happily, in Oxford, England. 2008—Oxford, England. Leading a Bible study with two other insecure, neurotic women (which makes 3). Huge stress. The first year of running my little publishing company. HUGE stress and insecurity and uncertainty. Am not writing at all, and am very sad. 2004—Williamsburg, Virginia. […]

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An Autobiography in Blog Posts I. Childhood, Boarding School, a Novice at Mother Teresa’s Convent!

Anita Mathias — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 14:44:00 +0000

Sister Josephine, IBMV St. Mary’s Convent, Nainital Nainital in winter Looking at my stats, I’ve realized that my readership has increased by 350 percent since September, so I thought I would rewrite my About Me page. Well, it grew… so I am doing a series of four autobiographical posts, tentatively covering I. Childhood, Boarding School, […]

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