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What Kind of Woman

I thoroughly enjoyed reading Kate Baer’s collection What Kind of Woman during this year’s national poetry month. “This is not a dress rehearsal before a better kind of life. Pick up your heavy burdens and leave them at the gate. I will hold the door for you.” “For now just remember how you felt theContinue reading “What Kind of Woman”

The Supper of the Lamb

fitting to read this for Holy Week ✝️ I opened this on a whim and I’m glad I was able to digest (heh) slowly over Holy Week. “To be sure, food keeps us alive, but that is only its smallest and most temporary work. Its eternal purpose is to furnish our sensibilities against the dayContinue reading “The Supper of the Lamb”

The Peacemaker: growing as an Enneagram 9

I really enjoyed this 60 day journey to explore more about my Enneagram number! it’s an ongoing process, much like life itselfEnneagram is not the be all, end all, bit it has been very helpful for me. this book explores a great deal about being a 9, including gut feelings, merging, moving towards anxiety inContinue reading “The Peacemaker: growing as an Enneagram 9”

hidden treasure

Jon’s spent most of the last few weekends slowly pulling all the bushes out of our back yard in the first of approximately 1,273 steps in our ongoing quest towards a garden. I am totally on board with this because since we moved in last July, the idea of having a bunch of poorly groomedContinue reading “hidden treasure”

three books, one sunday

I finished three books today that I’ve been slowly working through. One is for my spiritual direction training program, and we have a group meeting this coming weekend, so I spent the morning prepping for discussions with my cohort. I finished Holy Listening by Margaret Guenther. she writes so compellingly about spiritual midwifery, and IContinue reading “three books, one sunday”

lent ii

Today is the second Sunday in Lent. I often give something up for Lent. I have enough of a disordered approach to food that I do not do well when I cut out foods or drinks (one year in college I cut out caffeine, and never again. My poor professors and friends!). In the pastContinue reading “lent ii”