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Making Soup
Today was another example of creativity in the kitchen. I made soup for a friend. The recipe was Gorgonzola Cauliflower Soup. It was quite easy; the recipe was found at http://www.101cookbooks.com/about/. But, the creative part involved the quiet contemplation of the task, the ( Read more... ) -
Eucharistic musings
At St. John's church, Jan, the Deacon, bakes bread early on Sunday am, so that we have communion with real bread. It's the best communion bread ever. Really. It's like real bread. It's heavy and yeasty and wonderful. It makes me so happy. We actually jostle a bit to finish up the bread, if it doesn't all get eaten. Yesterday, Jan brought me a wee ( Read more... ) -
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When I talked to my spiritual director on Weds. night and told her about my Lenten discipline of being creative every day, she was thrilled. She actually called me a contemplative, which was sort of a surprise for me. But there it is. When I suggested to her all the things that I could do, she paused and said, "What about cooking ( Read more... ) -
Making Scones
When I talked to my spiritual director on Weds. night and told her about my Lenten discipline of being creative every day, she was thrilled. She actually called me a contemplative, which was sort of a surprise for me. But there it is. When I suggested to her all the things that I could do, she paused and said, "What about cooking ( Read more... ) -
Creative music + Spiritual direction
Both last night and tonight, I spent a half hour playing the piano. I've not touched it in months, and it was one of the things I've been missing. I'm totally rudimentary and amateur, but it makes me really happy to sit in front of it and try to plunk things out. I still want to find a teacher who could give me some basics, but in the mean time, ( Read more... ) -
Monday_Lent 1
Well, I've been sort of a slacker in the creativity dept. Though, I have spent time thinking about all the ways I CAN be creative. The list includes: photography and the creation of things with digital photographs, knitting, tatting, needlework, beading, jewelry making, macrame, wordwork, colouring, writing, poetry, short stories, erotica. Wow ( Read more... ) -
Sermon Lent 1
Well, technically, I'm not sure that a sermon is quite what I had in mind when I said that I would be creative for at least a half hour per day. However, that's what I've got tonight. And, since my original plan had been to preach Manuel's sermon for Lent 1, the fact that I spent four hours writing this instead seems worthy of note. So, here it ( Read more... ) -
Ash Wednesday
When I first moved to the UP, it happened alot. I'd be on my way to do something. Some work, some where. And, I'd be knocked flat. Crying hard, in the car. Tears of amazement/joy/surprise. I was here, and I was doing this work. It was all so unexpected. And then, I settled in. I began to see the routine in what I was doing. And that's not ( Read more... ) -
Beginnings
I created this LJ as a way to jumpstart some creative writing. Poetry. Fiction. Perhaps even some commentary. I intend it to be a place where I can write from my heart and soul.