When my husband and I visited Best Friends Animal Sanctuary earlier in the month, we fell in love with our overnight dog, Julep. We took her on a ride down to Jacob Lake, took her hiking, and had a nice meal on the patio of a local restaurant. Julep was wonderful, and we immediately saw [...]
Archive for September, 2009
28 Sep
Stuff Diet in Review
From September 17, 2008 until September 17, 2009, Robert and I decided to go on a self-entitled “Stuff Diet.” Here is a quick overview of what that “diet” entailed (taken straight from the document) and some of our reflections on how we did.
The Stuff Diet Explained
Our Intent: An attempt to exercise our preferential option for the [...]
24 Sep
Autumn
One of my favorite parts of our Utah trip was being able to be present to the onset of autumn. The southern part of the state had just begun to see its early nights of frost, especially in the higher elevations (this was taken at around 9,000 feet). It seemed a sacred thing to be present [...]
22 Sep
Stillness
I think that one of my favorite parts about being in Southern Utah was the stillness that descended upon us both. We were removed, inaccessible by phone, email, facebook, twitter, and anything else that could threaten to preoccupy us, to tear us away from the awesome glory that lay before us with each new journey.
Stillness, [...]
21 Sep
Back
Well, I’m back. 10 days, and one of the most memorable and enjoyable vacations of my life. It was relaxing, inspiring, filled with hope, and nourishing to my soul. And while I long to go back (and still be on vacation), I also feel content with what I had. It was enough.
I’ll be posting pictures [...]
14 Sep
Deepening Relationships
Today we spent the day volunteering with the horses at Best Friends Animal Sanctuary. It was physically demanding–15,000 steps on my pedometer at 4:30pm–and deeply rewarding. We learned of the passing of some of our old horse friends, and were introduced to some of the newbies to Best Friends. We spent time with those we [...]
13 Sep
The Journey Begins
“Every now and again take a good look at something not made with hands—a mountain, a star, the turn of a stream. There will come to you wisdom and patience and solace and, above all, the assurance that you are not alone in the world.” –Sidney Lovett
Yesterday my birthday began with waking up at 5am [...]
12 Sep
Birthday Wishes
On this day of my birth, I feel grateful for all of the blessings in my life. Thank you, Lord, for the growth of this past year, even the more difficult of growing pains. Thank you for the joys, for the new revelations of your love, for the opportunities. Thank you for the dreams. Thank [...]
10 Sep
Goin’ to the Dogs
Today we leave on a 8 day excusion back to southern Utah. We’ll be hiking through Bryce Canyon, Zion, and the northern rim of the Grand Canyon. We’ll also be returning to volunteer at Best Friends Animal Sanctuary, the largest no-kill animal sanctuary in the country and the setting for NatGeo’s show Dogtown. We went [...]
8 Sep
Who Needs TV?
I had one of the most enjoyable nights I can remember during the recent holiday weekend. It wasn’t anything fancy–my family gathered in the living room with 3 guitars (only two of us could actually play, and of the two of us, only one was good–and that wasn’t me!). We spent the evening playing, singing, laughing. [...]
Just a joyful Catholic girl trying to live as simply and consciously and gratefully as possible in this beautiful, amazing world...and bringing as many as possible along for the ride.