I love to be in my our conservatory, reading, writing and thinking--or even trying to-- alone. It’s a lovely, floaty feeling. It’s so peaceful. How I love solitude! (At times!) … [Continue reading]
Sanctioned Waste: The Sabbath. Love and Waste
Sanctioned Waste: The Sabbath. Love and Waste Exodus 20:8-11. Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, … [Continue reading]
Sundays and the ideal work week
Isn't it amazing to have a whole day, one day out of 7 devoted to leisure? This is unique in the Judeo-Christian tradition, in fact among all "people of the book." The Roman merchants used to make fun of Jewish traders, who rested and so did not … [Continue reading]
A blogging business
I am really enjoying maintaining my three blogs. It is the only writing I've done that has provided a regular income, since my writing has always been feast or famine. (The blogs are monetized with ads).Turning writing, my joy, into a business, has … [Continue reading]
The memoirist’s art
“If you forget a few stories, don’t worry. What you need will come back to you. We don’t really understand something until we have forgotten it. Live in your roots, not your branches.” … [Continue reading]
The memoirist's art
“If you forget a few stories, don’t worry. What you need will come back to you. We don’t really understand something until we have forgotten it. Live in your roots, not your branches.” … [Continue reading]
Writing and Blogging
I was having lunch with my friend Liz a couple of weeks ago, and she asked me, as one does, what I was writing.I am on a third draft of my memoir, I said; I am writing poetry, I am writing on the Gospel of John, and I am blogging."Blogging?" she … [Continue reading]
Writing and Blogging
I was having lunch with my friend Liz a couple of weeks ago, and she asked me, as one does, what I was writing. I am on a second draft of my memoir, I said; I am writing poetry, I am writing on the Gospel of John, and I am blogging. "Blogging?" she … [Continue reading]
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