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Blog Writers Block

***updated to fix a bad link - thanks for the heads up Lisa!
Greetings from yours truly - the slacker blogger!
I have been meaning to pop on here and at least say hello but alas and alack - you can see that didn’t happen.  I just felt like I didn’t have anything worthwhile to say.  However,  [...]

Homesick

 
Our monastery in Tucson
It has been a little over two months since I moved to our monastery in Tucson.   The sisters here have been kind and welcoming; they have gone out of their way to prepare a space for me and our postulant.   I am now familiar with the daily schedule here, my body seems [...]

Retreat!

Canon law dictates that all those in religious life make 8 days of retreat each year.  So, for the last eleven years I have been blessed with the time and space to do just that!  It is such a gift.  On July 23rd I began my eight day silent retreat and completed it on the 30th.  [...]

7 Quick Takes

1.   Burt’s Bee’s Bath and Body Oil has literally saved my skin in this desert!  I love the smellof it and that it absorbs well and doesn’t leave me feeling overly greasy.
2.  We still haven’t seen any rain here in Tucson.  It is supposed to be the monsoon season but nary a drop has fallen.   It’s [...]