. . . for taking over the lion's share of the typing to facilitate our discussion. Best laid plans . . . I think one reason I find it hard to stay 100% caught up with the reading plus have time to post about it is that I am copying out bits as I read. Long-ingrained habit from years of college, plus it helps me slow down and think. I'm using my Holy Cross journal from the writer's workshop as my spiritual journal.

Makes me happy to think of how many years we've been friends and how much that friendship has grown since then, despite the miles. :-D

Listening to interesting Recorded Book on the commute -- Lying Awake by Mark Salzman. Fictional account of a Carmelite nun who experiences intense mystical visions.