quotes & things

a bevy of interesting finds:

"for us there is a special feeling that comes from living in the country and being alone. the peace enhances our closeness to the elements, and we have the knowlege that nature is always just around the corner for us to enjoy."

"a real spiritual life makes us so alert and aware of the world around us, that all that is and happens becomes part of our contemplation and meditation and invites us to a free and fearless response." --henri nouwen

"i know you are reading this poem because there is nothing else left to read, there where you have landed, stripped as you are." --adrienne rich from an atlas of the difficult world

books: acedia & me: a marriage, monks, and a writer's life by kathleen norris
soul survivor: how 13 unlikely mentors helped my faith by philip yancey
the revolution, the relevant nation both edited by heather zydek
hope in the dark with reflections by jena lee
world enough, poems by maureen n. mclane
made for goodness and why this makes all the difference by desmond & mpho tutu
geez magazine

http://www.burnsidewriterscollective.com/
http://www.authorsolutions.com/


and...the new word of the day: diurnal. daily, or relating to things occuring in the daytime.