Wilder Love by April Ulinski
Started rereading The Book of Mev last night. Partially because I needed her reminder that being academic does not mean being disengaged from the world and from the people behind all those ideas. Also because…
Category: Friends
Gathas Written at Northwest Coffee, 11.9.2016
1. Breathing in, all this toxicity Breathing out, compassion is available 2. Breathing in, noticing this state of being stunned Breathing out, realizing this state is impermanent 3. Breathing in my friends’ despair Breathing out:…
Share the Wealth with Maryville Student-Athletes
This Sunday Bekah Anderson (Texas), Sarah Etter (Switzerland), Kine Kleppe (Norway), Cara Rickert (Texas) and Puck Vlaskamp (Netherlands) will share reflections on their many years of tennis youth and team experiences. Join us Sunday 13…
Culled from a Journal: Summer in Salvador
A friend lived in El Salvador for several weeks one summer. Recently, she went to Art Hill and reread through the journal she kept those months, culled the following lines, and told me I could…
Interrupting My Life
Alex Gaynor worked this past year with the Jesuit Volunteers and is currently a campus minister at Saint Joseph University in Philadelphia. She participated in the Be in Love with Yr Life and Writing Rejuvenation…
Correspondence/1197
Dear Yehudit So, this month, in addition to reading Dorothee Sölle (superb!) I am also reading a lot of Nawal El-Saadawi Egyptian novelist, physician Thorn in the side of patriarchy She reminds me of you You…
Worth Reading
Dear Irina, Here are some books that may speak to a few of your questions, interests, and enthusiasms. I’ll send more later on if you want…. Mark Daniel Berrigan, Isaiah: Spirit of Courage, Gift…
Gratitude for Lindsey
As we are two weeks into our Epistolary Ecstasy class, I asked Lindsey if I could post one of her lovely letters she’s sent me over the last four years. I am grateful for her…
Accompaniment/5 (Letter/6)
from Part Three, The Book of Mev Monday 5 February 1996 Dear Angie, And so. Three weeks ago, we buried Mev. So we did. So she is gone. Vanished. Not palpable. Or at least, most of…
Sunday Share the Wealth with Melissa–Coming Back to Life: Healing through Self-Care, Presence, and Service
“Don’t ask yourself what the world needs; ask yourself what makes you come alive. And then go and do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” ~Howard Thurman Melissa will…