Magical Memoir Moments

Alpenglow. Dec. 15, 2015, Harrisonburg, Virginia

The Gift of Peace — Sacred Pauses — in a Frenzied Season

In the midst of holiday frenzy, how do you find peace? This post invites you to take a Sacred Pause. Stop. Look. and Listen.

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The Shenandoah Valley last Spring

Entering Lent and Leaving Social Media Behind: Welcoming a More Passive Life

What do you get when you cross Lent with Sabbath? I’m about to find out. The last four years of moving to Virginia, living in Brooklyn as a “granny nanny,” writing a book, and traveling, have been wonderful. You might call this period of time The Active Life. This style of living has been a…

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Christmas Eve: In the Bleak Midwinter

It’s a very quiet Christmas Eve at our house. Fog covers the mountains. We didn’t decorate a tree. No sound of children’s voices. Quiet. Our family had festive days together in November and will have more this weekend. Tomorrow there will be brunch in the home of friends. But today it’s just us. And time….

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On Prayer: From the Starry Night of Childhood to the Morning Light of Now

Yesterday, July 9,2013, I wrote: I’m listening to Barber’s Adagio for Strings conducted by Leonard Bernstein as we fly above the clouds enroute from Phoenix to Houston on the way to the Shenandoah Valley airport via Dulles. It’s going to be a long day. However, I have dedicated this day in advance to a New…

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Home for the Holidays: A New Mini-Memoir Blog Series

After I left the Fetzer Institute this summer, both Stuart and I began to feel an eastward tug. Our life together has followed this path: VA, TX, IN, Haiti, IN,VA, IN, Ivory Coast, IN, NC, IN, MI, VA. Love has taken us to a circle of new places, and now love calls us home. Forty-four years…

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