Margaret's Blog

What Silence Reveals

March 31, 2026

My recent week at a monastery was my third time going on silent retreat. The first two, one in Maine […]

Blending in

March 24, 2026
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One of the pleasures of my time on retreat was settling into the rhythm of the liturgy of the hours, […]

Confession

March 17, 2026

Twenty-four hours into the silence I was settling into that pattern of staring off into space in thoughtlessness, then ‘coming […]

Breakfast at the monastery

March 10, 2026
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On silent retreat, dining halls are often set up with rows of seats and tables all facing out the window, […]

2025: What I read (and wrote, and said, and sang)

December 29, 2025
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Reading this year has been…complicated.  See, this year I have been deep in preparing for comprehensive exams, which means most […]

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