Thursday, November 19, 2009

Magic Mountain: poetry as personal recollection

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William Wordsworth defined poetry as “emotion recollected in tranquility.” While that may not always be the case, it does point out the usef...
Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Favorite things (Part 1)

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Favorite time of day : Early morning, before dawn. Favorite food : Whatever Hal cooks (especially if he cleans up afterward). Favorite movie...
Tuesday, November 3, 2009

The mending moon and the sea lion

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Broken and broken again on the sea, the moon so easily mends. (old Japanese haiku) Hal and I have been at Twin Rocks Friends Camp since Frid...
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Thursday, October 22, 2009

A strange clarity

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Last Sunday we broke the pattern in morning worship. Midway through the service, half the congregation left to walk the neighborhood, collec...
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Thursday, October 15, 2009

It's their turn: Andean Quakers writing

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I lifted my head during a lull in the conversation and looked around the room. Our group had been interacting with Hilarión on an article he...
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Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Celebrating with the archangels

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We’ve changed planets again. The alarm went off at 5:00 a.m. yesterday, and since then we said goodbye to our Bolivian family; entered the ...
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Friday, September 18, 2009

Andean Travelogue

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Since leaving Costa Rica on August 15, we’ve been on assignment in Bolivia and Peru, where we spent so much of our lives. We’ve been serving...