“Silence is a good friend, I repeat, as if saying a mantra. It allows for the natural progression of things.
Still, I remain nervous, anxious to fill the void as I used to with interesting questions, chit chat, sweet nothings that nice girls like me were taught to utter. ...Now what takes the place of nice, I wonder?”
-Joan Anderson, in A Year By The Sea, p. 73
“Having taken myself away, I am in a frame of mind to wait and see rather than manipulate and direct.
Living with nature has taught me the dignity of being without motive...[it] has served to help me find more in less.”
-Joan Anderson, in A Year By The Sea, p. 69
“...to follow God does not often mean traveling with certainty about where
God will lead us. Rather, following God propels us to be present to the
place where we are, for this is the very place where God shows up.”
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Through the Advent Door: Entering a Contemplative Christmas
My son-in-law LOOOVES Ferrero Rocher truffles (or whatever loveliness they’re classified as). So, of course I thought of him when a few came my way amidst other holiday treats. Then I texted these snaps to him, with a little pause in between. Yes, Virginia, the Christmas spirit is alive and well in Montana. (And yes, I ate it.)
