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on the other end of our journey

http://snd.sc/PretmD Want some fun? Open an additional window in your web browser, copy the link above and paste it into the second browser. The link will take you to a recording by Liam Lawton. It is called Glendalough Theme. Play the music and read on.

“. . . and so connected.”

Once, so far, since we returned to Sarasota . . . I made a labyrinth on Crescent Beach of Siesta Key. It was easy to create with a drag of my shoes in the sand. I walked it . . . but I don’t think anyone else did. It will be good to make labyrinthsContinue reading ““. . . and so connected.””

Blue sky over Siesta

Norida, Peter & Patricia enroute to Siesta

Feeling good to be home. We spent the day at the beach yesterday. It is lovely!

having not yet arrived

Jana Malamud Smith’s new book, An Absorbing Errand: How Artists and Craftsmen Make Their Way to Mastery, was published by Counterpoint Press in September. Her title is born from a sentence in the novel, Roderick Hudson, by Henry James: “True happiness, we are told, consists in getting out of oneself; but the point is not only toContinue reading “having not yet arrived”

Commercial – Ireland recommendations

We have posted these words of Brendan Kennelly before: We step into the streets of morning Walking along the pavements of come what may Though we live in a world That thinks of ending That always seems about to give in Something that will not acknowledge conclusion Insists that we forever begin. Perhaps his wordsContinue reading “Commercial – Ireland recommendations”

God is still speaking

we believe in the ucc . . . God is still speaking: thank you Jennifer. Be sure to check back tomorrow for “grand” . . . “brilliant” . . . even, commercials from our trip to Ireland. may you know tonight that God is still speaking. may you know tonight thatContinue reading “God is still speaking”

the limp that led me to God

Phil’s daughter, Jennifer, sent this link. It is good. Check it out. http://rachelheldevans.com/i-love-the-bible

We’re home

Some of you may have remembered to pray the Evening Prayer we suggested each night for this time away. Patricia and I remembered it often . . . but . . . sadly . . . not always. Anyway . . . the prayer goes like this, for those of you who may have forgottenContinue reading “We’re home”

Homeward bound

It is 3:30 am, Portland time. Up early for our flight to Sarasota (by way of Atlanta, of course) . . . More from home. Thank you to all who made this pilgrimage to Ireland, Lake Superior, and Yachats possible, both before the journey and during our days and nights of travel. Thank you AngelaContinue reading “Homeward bound”

The Pacific – 2

Today Patricia and I head back to Portland around noon for an overnight there and an early am flight on Thursday, October 11, for Sarasota (by way, of course, of Atlanta). I continue to be awed by the majestic beauty we have encountered over these weeks of our lives. Patrick Kavanagh, in his poem, “ToContinue reading “The Pacific – 2”