Our current apartment is slowly morphing into stacks of boxes against the living room wall. I’ve been going through the closets, cleaning out old boxes, packing away elements of our lives for the transfer into the next chapter. A few boxes actually hadn’t been opened since our last move, so I’m determined not to have [...]
Posts Tagged ‘consciousness’
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 [...]
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 [...]
25 Aug
Patience and Time
Patience and Time. These seem to be important messages in my life lately, but it became a very physical, very unavoidable message yesterday.
I don’t know how I did it, but I did it. A sudden, excruciating pain in my lower neck which made it difficult to look up, down, right or left suddenly overtook me [...]
22 Aug
Guest Post: Overcoming Inertia
Here’s a post from my husband on his bike commute to work yesterday:
As part of our commitment to a month with only one car, I knew I wanted to do something that I’ve been meaning to do for a long time, but never had the courage to try–bike to work. As far as commutes go, [...]
18 Aug
Potent Potential
I blogged a while ago about wasted potential, but I think it’s important to consider a little more about what this very loaded term means. I’ve probably been using it too loosely lately, but it’s such an important part of my personal theology that I think it merits some direct attention.
“Potential” is a tricky term. [...]
6 Aug
Walking the Talk…As Well As We Can
I’ve gotten a few questions about the status of some of the things I’ve posted about, so here’s a quick update:
The Garden: The garden is doing great! We’ve been harvesting lettuce for our own salads and really loving it. We’ve let a couple of stalks bolt so they can go to seed–hopefully we’ll be able [...]
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.