tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post8770139521948710625..comments2023-12-18T17:32:03.325+00:00Comments on Kindred of the Quiet Way: Thort batsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-91246312244402392232012-05-23T18:18:40.039+01:002012-05-23T18:18:40.039+01:00:0):0)Pen Wilcockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13818227904371811230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-79731870386153447822012-05-23T13:44:33.185+01:002012-05-23T13:44:33.185+01:00Yay...I know it goes against the whole declutterin...Yay...I know it goes against the whole decluttering theme but I do feel a girl can never have enough fripperies :-DAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-1561074063547561092012-05-23T13:29:18.674+01:002012-05-23T13:29:18.674+01:00Hi Pidge - I wasn't quite sure if you meant th...Hi Pidge - I wasn't quite sure if you meant this to be published here, but I so loved what you wrote about garrets that I thought everyone else would like to read it too. xPen Wilcockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13818227904371811230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-63400302285856416652012-05-23T13:21:24.090+01:002012-05-23T13:21:24.090+01:00Many thanks for the beautiful book that has arrive...Many thanks for the beautiful book that has arrived safely. A proper letter is on its way to you. I look forward to reading it and am sure that it will be an antidote to The God Delusion which I need to read for my course. Garrets are lovely, I write from mine with the swallows circling outside. They nest in Tom's shed and dive bomb the dogs when they dare to investigate. Their fledglings perch every year on the aerial a couple of feet from my attic window. Once one even flew in and out again and sometimes they sit on the skylight. Garrets are the next best thing to sleeping outdoors, you can lie in bed surrounded by stars. There are no atheists in garrets.Pidgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02242786151475408065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-58448757121153086562012-05-23T09:21:41.312+01:002012-05-23T09:21:41.312+01:00Hello, friends :0) Good to see you! xxHello, friends :0) Good to see you! xxPen Wilcockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13818227904371811230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-73315920728300894552012-05-23T09:14:56.505+01:002012-05-23T09:14:56.505+01:00Tired of 'making the choice, making the choice...Tired of 'making the choice, making the choice'.... Yes, I know exactly what you mean. Sometimes it's just so easy to give in and stop swimming against the flow - maybe we need a day to catch our breath before going on again.<br /><br />And 'bruises from falling off the wagon' - love it! Bless you Ember, my lovely x xHawthornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08538563836252189874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-81345645842678771002012-05-23T09:03:41.597+01:002012-05-23T09:03:41.597+01:00Ember,
A beautiful and thoughtful post; I likewis...Ember,<br /><br />A beautiful and thoughtful post; I likewise have found myself nodding at, and understanding deeply the Quaker turn of phrase 'way is not given', for I long for much of what you have, but state in life (with a significant disability and older husban two decades my senior, living in the crowded city) limits my options. I have opined from time to time the near impossibility for persons with a wide range of significant disabilities to live the life you have outlined here, to be gently reminded that for many of us, little steps are no less legitimate than the complete 'off grid' option.<br /><br />I am likewise drawn to plain, and living in a high-Muslim part of my city where sisters in full niqab are not uncommon, moving with measured beauty as they mediate and moderate their relationships within the public sphere, can easily wear 'The Kings Daughters' without too much ado, and with careful selection, can carry it off; i have had a 'pearlie' soul since my teens, and have danced to the beat of a different drum. Love TKD and the ministry of those amazing women... considering my nation does not have a manufacturing industry for clothing, by and large, I know I'm choosing fair-made items and have made them last. On saying this, I understand the face of plainness has many facets and support you concerning the 'encounter suit' that best fits your own calling. <br /><br />I too am drawn to the monastic life. God forbid my circumstances change, I would sign on in a heartbeat, as I walk the Marounite path, following 'Rafka's road' as a 'convert' from a mixed history of Seventh Day Adventism (of the last generation theology, historic variety) and several years in Calvinistic Evangelical Anglicanism...truly found Christ under the Cedar tree and was lovingly received into my community last year though i am still somewhat of an oddity; there are only a handful of belief-motivated Anglo converts to this rite. <br /><br />May you be richly and wonderfully blessed,<br /><br />Sarah.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-37081845158615599282012-05-23T06:12:12.514+01:002012-05-23T06:12:12.514+01:00Pilgrim - I'm so glad you enjoyed them and the...Pilgrim - I'm so glad you enjoyed them and they caught your imagination! :0)<br /><br />Wimmera - you speak my mind, friend. I have concluded myself that walking is moving up the priority list. Now I have spent so much time clearing away things and events, I am free to do that, too! xPen Wilcockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13818227904371811230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-14854648042500848712012-05-22T21:48:55.260+01:002012-05-22T21:48:55.260+01:00maybe it's time to go walkabout
Warm regardsmaybe it's time to go walkabout<br /><br />Warm regardsWimmerahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05146910590840292103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-26038202613769848552012-05-22T20:24:27.588+01:002012-05-22T20:24:27.588+01:00I read your books and want to live in a monastery....I read your books and want to live in a monastery.Pilgrimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13263860830512792429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-36102166556243112272012-05-22T19:33:54.726+01:002012-05-22T19:33:54.726+01:00Hello friends!
Hello Julie B! I am thinking of y...Hello friends!<br /><br />Hello Julie B! I am thinking of you, with your world almost all in boxes, and those container lorries in the driveway filling up! May your house-move be blessed and the result be happy xx<br /><br />Phil ! Hi! How goes the writing? Yes - as the Tao says: "In action, watch the timing."<br /><br />Sherry - we have to know ourselves, don't we? Finding our steps in the dance. x<br /><br />Debs - :0) Lace! If any more fripperies come my way, I shall surely know where to send them!! xPen Wilcockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13818227904371811230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-31250862420992834772012-05-22T19:16:30.781+01:002012-05-22T19:16:30.781+01:00LACE! Oooooooo....LACE! Oooooooo....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-66211330202680643702012-05-22T17:50:48.238+01:002012-05-22T17:50:48.238+01:00I can feel your pain, Pen. Fly like a bird, plumm...I can feel your pain, Pen. Fly like a bird, plummet like a rock and somewhere in the middle level off. As you know I have wanted my space for a long time, too, but I didn't want to seperate myself from my husband either. Not a good thing. <br /><br />I have also wondered if the work would be worth the benefit. I am afraid that I would just hybernate in my own space and that just won't work. <br /><br />Maybe you could use the space during the day when Mr. Badger is off at work?Sherryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05513547030446885683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-81638065156468995892012-05-22T14:12:14.145+01:002012-05-22T14:12:14.145+01:00All of which reminds me, line by delightful line, ...All of which reminds me, line by delightful line, why your blog is such a pleasure. As our little church seems to have become a people of the journey I appreciated your mention of the Quaker phrase, 'Way is not given'. It is a kind of fidelity to the road to recognize times and place where we must wait for the way ahead.Phil Woodhttp://radref.blogspot.co.uk/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55532501364780143.post-35747603799941186632012-05-22T11:47:17.310+01:002012-05-22T11:47:17.310+01:00You are a singular woman, Ember. And your family a...You are a singular woman, Ember. And your family as well! May whatever garret/caravan/hut/shed/poustinia you settle in be blanketed with God's peace... xxoo<br /><br />Oh, and "I was mauve" -- perfectly said.Julie B.http://www.justjulieb.comnoreply@blogger.com