I was so disappointed as the week drew to a close that I didn’t expect to be able to pull together my 7 Quick Takes for the week. I have had a love-hate relationship with this practice: first I wrote posts of 7 random things and found it very difficult to come up with something.Continue reading >>
That time I lived with the Rwandan nuns
As soon as the sisters moved in, I thought sweet, I will be able to tell stories for the rest of my life about ‘that time I lived with the Rwandan nuns’. I had been living in an old convent which was at that point an after school enrichment center staffed by young, live-in volunteers.Continue reading >>
The Book Thief
When I was a freshman in high school we were given the assignment of writing a short story. Our teacher warned us: “Freshmen always want to write bloodbaths. You don’t have to kill people off in your stories.” Nobody told Markus Zusak that before he wrote The Book Thief. I’m not giving too much away. ItContinue reading >>
Retreat Review: What I read
One of the great joys of my retreat was being able to do a lot of reading. Lately I find myself getting sucked into my iPad too often in the evenings and spare moments, and I haven’t been reading as much as I’d like. I began by finishing The Color of Water by James McBride.Continue reading >>
7 Quick Takes, volume 23
— 1 — Merry Christmas, everyone! I took a break from quick-taking (take-quicking?) last week because I was putting together my series of posts reflecting on the O Antiphons. It was a very healthy exercise for me during the late days of Advent, and I hope some of you dear readers were also able toContinue reading >>
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