tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post5325351009697338213..comments2023-12-18T17:32:03.325+00:00Comments on Kindred of the Quiet Way: JourneyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-89001212372936426632015-04-01T08:40:22.049+01:002015-04-01T08:40:22.049+01:00Thank you! xxThank you! xxPen Wilcockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13818227904371811230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-56922496146722330412015-04-01T03:08:01.708+01:002015-04-01T03:08:01.708+01:00I shall definitely look for those books. I so loo...I shall definitely look for those books. I so look forward to the new ones. Thank you. And your blog is a joy and encouragement. A welcome gift.Merlejoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12456047196683730403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-62445161135658994832015-03-26T06:09:04.028+00:002015-03-26T06:09:04.028+00:00Hello, friend. So good to hear from you. Thank you...Hello, friend. So good to hear from you. Thank you for stopping by. The first three Hawk & Dove stories are out in the new edition, and books four through seven will be out later on this year - you may be able to pick up secondhand copies on Amazon meanwhile. I do hope you enjoy the new ones and pottering about in this blog. Good to meet you! xxPen Wilcockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13818227904371811230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-51878790359342264292015-03-26T04:17:05.762+00:002015-03-26T04:17:05.762+00:00I read "the hawk and the dove" several y...I read "the hawk and the dove" several years ago, and loved it. I just a couple of days ago, discovered that more books had been written, and that you, Penelope, had this wonderful blog. I feel like I have come across an unwrapped gift that was undiscovered until now. What a treat! This post has so spoken to my heart and your prayer is such a blessing. For various reasons, I have been struggling enormously this past year and the post and the prayer were such a blessing . Thank youMerlejoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12456047196683730403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-24705088086009803272015-03-09T08:50:23.802+00:002015-03-09T08:50:23.802+00:00Well, the thing is we are all doing the best we kn...Well, the thing is we are all doing the best we know with the information we have; people make mistakes. Prayer optimises the final outcomes. xxPen Wilcockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13818227904371811230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-46374051671110589362015-03-09T08:34:25.920+00:002015-03-09T08:34:25.920+00:00Those disturbing people of your past who no longer...Those disturbing people of your past who no longer interest you ... you keep them in your prayers. Thanks! I stopped my reading right there and offered up 3 Hail Mary's for two of my past sad entanglements with quarrelsome (and dangerous) hoodlums!Mairinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-33758241612291856902015-03-03T02:29:09.726+00:002015-03-03T02:29:09.726+00:00What a lovely prayer. And trust me, you are never...What a lovely prayer. And trust me, you are never boring.LANAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05946005009680968861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-65390980058061431912015-02-25T13:35:20.641+00:002015-02-25T13:35:20.641+00:00:0) Yes, the new covers are being very well receiv...:0) Yes, the new covers are being very well received. So glad you are enjoying the stories! xxPen Wilcockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13818227904371811230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-31082547305123889352015-02-25T13:16:32.297+00:002015-02-25T13:16:32.297+00:00Thank you for this beautiful post which I shared w...Thank you for this beautiful post which I shared with a couple of friends. <br /><br />The new editions, with those lovely covers, of the first three Hawk & Dove books have arrived and I am thoroughly enjoying my current re-read. Twenty years on, the books are as fresh and powerful as ever. I agree that the framing device of Melissa's modern family, in the first two books, works very well. <br /><br />I love all the books but 'The Long Fall' is one of my favourites of all time - it's so heartbreakingly beautiful. Peregrine is such a real character (and I won't deny that I am quite in love with him). But John and William, in the later books, are awesome too. (And Tom! And Francis! And Theo! And dear cake-loving Conradus ...)<br /><br />- PhilippaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-50847830179195418312015-02-23T18:56:28.116+00:002015-02-23T18:56:28.116+00:00Oh - thank you so much! :0D xxOh - thank you so much! :0D xxPen Wilcockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13818227904371811230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-18412853549408355722015-02-23T18:47:25.881+00:002015-02-23T18:47:25.881+00:00Pen,
Just to let you know I have published my rev...Pen, <br />Just to let you know I have published my review of "The Hawk & The Dove" on my blog:<br />http://thegardenwindow.blogspot.co.uk/2015/02/the-hawk-and-dove.html<br /><br />Elizabeth @ The Garden Windowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00274788007550318693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-26564133755788266562015-02-23T12:05:26.325+00:002015-02-23T12:05:26.325+00:00For sure, Dorothy - yes, that's fine. God'...For sure, Dorothy - yes, that's fine. God's blessing on your day of prayer xxPen Wilcockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13818227904371811230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-74078453984275980042015-02-23T10:35:42.634+00:002015-02-23T10:35:42.634+00:00Hi Penelope - I really enjoy your blog - your thou...Hi Penelope - I really enjoy your blog - your thoughts have been very thought provoking and helpful! I'm putting together some material for a prayer day and I would love to use the prayers from Thursday. Is that ok? There will only be bout ten of us and it would be one copy of the prayers as a "something to think about " prayer station. I will credit it to you. Blessings - DorothyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-2007065369897622842015-02-22T14:48:24.358+00:002015-02-22T14:48:24.358+00:00Glad you have found your peace. I love the prayer...Glad you have found your peace. I love the prayer and it is perfect. I will be writing it down and saying it with my other prayers. LANAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05946005009680968861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-68943176438120065922015-02-22T10:27:34.611+00:002015-02-22T10:27:34.611+00:00:0) May peace fill you and surround you, breathe ...:0) May peace fill you and surround you, breathe out of you. xxPen Wilcockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13818227904371811230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-50049566047243187332015-02-22T08:43:35.046+00:002015-02-22T08:43:35.046+00:00Thank you. In current circumstances, that was like...Thank you. In current circumstances, that was like a cool drink of water in a desert. One of the problems for me comes with the fact that some of these people you speak about are in my place of work and another one is family and there is no walking away. It is encouraging to be reminded that God can change anythingNearly Marthahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01594432566473391552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-6394317743810188962015-02-21T10:06:28.817+00:002015-02-21T10:06:28.817+00:00I think, really it's more than helped - I thin...I think, really it's more than helped - I think it's been crucial. Once before in my life, when everything fell apart or me, back at the millennium, I felt as though I had actually personally died but incomprehensibly my body had lived on, requiring maintenance for no obvious purpose. I did not think such an experience would/could ever repeat, but it has. This last eighteen months I have undergone so profound a change that I feel like a different person - as though what I was has died, and here is this body but I don't now know what will ensoul it - on what basis it will proceed. <br />There's a reason the liver is called the 'liver'. What's happened, I suspect/imagine/believe, is that I've rebuilt my liver. I'm now different, operating on a new basis.<br />The only difficulty with it is I do have some commitments in terms of relationship that sit so ill with my new reality that I am finding them unsustainable; yet they must be honoured.<br />Happily my marriage and my relationship with my children have survived the emotional cull! Those people - my husband, my children - they are clear like water, firm like rock. The force of truth flourishes within them like a hardy native plant in mountain air.Pen Wilcockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13818227904371811230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-15734513019607714062015-02-21T09:04:10.690+00:002015-02-21T09:04:10.690+00:00I forgot to say that it was a help knowing how lon...I forgot to say that it was a help knowing how long it took you to arrive at your place of peace. <br /><br />Sometimes I have thought I will never get there, but your experience has given me hope.<br /><br />I was wondering - do you think your physical cleansing regimes, the diets, coffee enemas and so on helped the process? DaisyAnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12680034482022415405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-62510290284820508682015-02-20T21:07:41.345+00:002015-02-20T21:07:41.345+00:00Daisy, that's so interesting.
What you say the...Daisy, that's so interesting.<br />What you say there - "I will always have to avoid certain people and situations because they are not for me if I wish to remain happy, contented, peaceful", yes, I find this, too. The path of peace remains so provided it's not invaded by quarrelsome hoodlums! And sometimes it's hard to know where to go to avoid those people and situations, especially when they are part of the same web of connections.<br />xxPen Wilcockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13818227904371811230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-85054950555495786002015-02-20T18:48:23.314+00:002015-02-20T18:48:23.314+00:00Thank you so much for this Pen. I love this '...Thank you so much for this Pen. I love this '<i>I am, in all sorts of ways, not the same person as I was back then. Never capable of evaluating myself very accurately, I can’t tell if I’m nicer now, or less nice, or just more boring. But this I know: it feels quiet inside the temple of my soul.</i><br /><br />My spiritual programme for life tells me that in time I will 'not regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it'. I sort of understand that intellectually but am far from realising it as a reality. <br /><br />This is dependent on our freeing ourselves from anger and resentment, or at least not allowing them to take hold of us, and, most importantly, recognising our part in things. I am as much a sinner as sinned against.<br /><br />Just recently I have begun to have some glimmers of this peace that passeth all understanding.<br /><br />The past is the past but it does not disturb me quite so much.<br /><br />I am at a very happy, contented, peaceful stage in my life. But I think I will always have to avoid certain people and situations because they are not for me if I wish to remain happy, contented, peaceful.<br /><br />I have always had recurring dreams and I have learnt to recognise these as warning signs. If a certain dream happens I know that I am off balance in some area of my life.DaisyAnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12680034482022415405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-16079074324151260442015-02-20T08:48:22.112+00:002015-02-20T08:48:22.112+00:00Hi Rebecca, hi San - you are both, always, in my p...Hi Rebecca, hi San - you are both, always, in my prayers. xxPen Wilcockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13818227904371811230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-26972893848151070772015-02-20T00:09:07.125+00:002015-02-20T00:09:07.125+00:00I always look forward to your posts and the prayer...I always look forward to your posts and the prayer at the end is so precious, thank you for writing it and being a witness to working through the struggles of life. I am currently reading a book entitled, "Scarred by struggle, transformed by hope" by Joan D Chittister it is very encouraging.<br /><br />San xxSandra Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16260644073051470011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-35800590300679943732015-02-19T21:07:41.358+00:002015-02-19T21:07:41.358+00:00I chuckled when you said, "can’t tell if I’m ...I chuckled when you said, "can’t tell if I’m nicer now, or less nice, or just more boring"...<br /><br />Mostly, I rejoice with you in your current peace and delight in your unique expression of it.<br /><br />I receive your prayer thankfully and make it my own. ♥Rebeccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08740950362293427086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-47543502273125448312015-02-19T19:50:14.654+00:002015-02-19T19:50:14.654+00:00:0)
Today I have prayed for you, friends. xx:0)<br /><br />Today I have prayed for you, friends. xxPen Wilcockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13818227904371811230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-32603288547818061162015-02-19T19:38:47.207+00:002015-02-19T19:38:47.207+00:00Dear pen, Thank you so much for this post and than...Dear pen, Thank you so much for this post and thank you for giving me word to speak what is in my heart. Lately I have struggled with prayer...I reach for the words that used to come easily and they are not there no matter how intently I reach for them. Again, thank you and bless you.Sandrajayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16186827609453362814noreply@blogger.com