1. Scribbled secret notebooks, and wild typewritten pages, for yr own joy 2. Submissive to everything, open, listening 3. Try never get drunk outside yr own house 4. Be in love with yr life 5….
In class we are currently reading Like Grains of Wheat: A Spirituality of Solidarity by Marie Dennis and Margaret Swedish. The authors interview scores of North Americans who had their eyes opened by their relationships with Central…
Am I deserving of that kind of love? Would she have been my friend? Would she have had kids by now? What happened to the cats? Waiting for Jad’s Tae Kwon Do to let out…
Lubna, If you lived here (or I there), we could have a bi-weekly Proust Reading Club! The following passage is from Marcel Proust, Within a Budding Grove: It was along this train of thought, meditated in silence…
O Maestra! O Lovely Miranda in Forest Park! O 6 North Coffee habituée and conversationalist! “The path does not exist. The path, you make by treading on it. By walking, you make the path.” O…
for Megan Heeney I was dreaming about your future: Later twenties, Manhattan, Union Theological Seminary, “What’s a nice Catholic senorita like you doing in a place like this?” It’s back to the books, But with…
Dear Shannon, I enjoyed our long conversation on Saturday afternoon at 6 North Coffee. I appreciate you taking the time to visit on such a busy weekend. After our chats, the strong impression I am left with…
Dr Chmiel, I just flipped on CNN after getting home from rehearsal and immediately thought of our encounter on New Year’s Eve as I watched a saddening report on Gaza. My immediate reaction was desolation…
Dr. C, Hello! Hope this email finds you well. Classes must be well on its way and I am sure you are enlightening many other students like myself as we speak. I’ve wanted to write…
I just pulled out your wonderful Book of Mev (as I often do) to re-read a chapter or two…it always brings me a sense of peace and a renewed faith…and of course reminds me of…