Our New Neighbors
When we bought our house in 2012, the plot of land across the street from our neighborhood was empty. It’s been empty for the last four years. Several mon...
Tag: novel writing
One foot at home, one foot in the Abbey
It has been terrifically challenging to fold back into day-to-day life after three days at the Abbey. I know – the math of that statement doesn’t ma...
Diary of a Retreatant: The Last Hours
*This is the sixth and final post about my experience at the Abbey of Gethsemani in Trappist, Kentucky, on July 22-24. Links to the previous five posts are belo...
Diary of a Retreatant: The Horses
*This is the fifth post about my experience at the Abbey of Gethsemani in Trappist, Kentucky, on July 22-24. Links to the first four posts are below. Diary of a...
See you in August
Tomorrow morning I leave for a brief retreat at the Abbey of Gethsemani near Bardstown, Kentucky. While it is home to 40 Trappist monks, there is also space for...
Update on Novel No. 2
At least once a week, sometimes more, someone asks me, “So how’s your novel going?” Here are all the things I don’t say: “It̵...