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Monday Musing: Hopeful Things 9/7/2015

Posted on September 7, 2015 by sbpeterman

Recently I was invited to a dinner given by Rob Radtke and Mike Smith of the Episcopal Relief & Development Fund.  Our group of 15 was asked the question, “As a person of faith, what gives you hope?”  Then each … Continue reading →

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Monday Musing: Critique 3/16/2015

Posted on March 16, 2015 by sbpeterman

Yesterday I went to a poetry writing group. We each bring a poem and listen as the others provide suggestions and feedback, writing comments on copies of the poem. I have not yet reviewed the copies of my poem handed … Continue reading →

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I Want to Live Like a Poet

Posted on April 28, 2013 by sbpeterman

It was a long shot, yet the mere suggestion of it grabbed me like a stern officer controlling a crowd.  And so I did not sleep that night until my application to the summer poetry session of the Iowa Writer’s … Continue reading →

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In Honor of All Saint’s Day

Posted on November 17, 2012 by sbpeterman

All Saint’s and All Soul’s days were celebrated a couple of weeks ago.  (I forget the difference between the two and just know that it is a time to honor the dead.)  But how to engage with the memory of … Continue reading →

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Beginner’s Mind

Posted on September 6, 2011 by sbpeterman

Today we climbed into the van and headed off to la Grotte de Labeil, a cave of multiple personalities, set in a rocky landscape.  Near the entrance was a crematorium of  pre-historic and Roman times.  Beyond the site of the funerary … Continue reading →

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Forces of Nature

Posted on September 6, 2011 by sbpeterman

This is from 9.4.2011.  (I’ll write more about my technical difficulties in the next blog.) It was a short drive on winding narrow roads to la Chapelle Russe, the Russian Chapel.  With each turn, a new vista opened before us.   … Continue reading →

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Patterns and Kittens

Posted on September 3, 2011 by sbpeterman

Je suis arrivée—I have arrived…at least literally.  The sun is playing hide and seek (a marvelous turn of phrase courtesy of Nicolas, the proprietor).   There is a hum, about alto pitch, that surges and not.  It takes a moment to … Continue reading →

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Posted on September 2, 2011 by sbpeterman

        Are you in it or not?  It is a line from a poem that I wrote while studying Teresa of Avila’s The Interior Castle.  Are you in it or not?  It is a fierce invitation to … Continue reading →

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