desertsutra
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My Tagline:
Causing the right amount of trouble is an art form. -Judith Coch
My Interests:
Prayer, Meditation, Interfaith issues, Charity, History, Travel, Current events, Holistic living, Yoga, Health, Depression, mysticism, poetry, theater, arts, literature, sufism, playwriting, 19th Century cultural history, early and medieval Christian history
My Favorite Books, Authors, Musicians, Movies, Preachers, TV shows, etc:
Annie Dillard, Dalai Lama, Pema Chodron, Thich Naht Hahn, Karen Armstrong, Houston Smith, Rumi, Hafiz, Lawrence Kushner, Czeslaw Milosz, Hildegard of Bingen, Evelyn Underhill, Lucille Clifton, Joyce Carol Oates, Jack Kerouac
Who Inspires Me:
peacemakers
My organizations and affiliations:
Episcopal church
My favorite spiritual activities:
meditation, prayer writing, pilgrimage, singing
What's your spiritual type?:
Spiritual Straddler - I have one foot in traditional religion, one foot in free-form spirituality.
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My Basics
Location: Washington, DC, USA
Gender: Female
Faiths:
Christian
Faith Description: Episcopalian, Buddhist
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Posted: Dec 2, 2008 11:18 PM
I brought my journal and angst to Barnes and Noble to spend a couple of hours writing and feeding my caffeine addiction this... (more)
Posted: Nov 29, 2008 12:39 PM
T.S. Eliot's "The Hollow Men" ends this way: Here we go round the prickly pear Prickly pear prickly pear Here we go... (more)
Posted: Nov 23, 2008 11:47 PM
So, this is what was on my mind before the poo hit the fan at work last night: Washingtonpost.com had this five-sentence story... (more)
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Thank you so much.. - November 22, 2008 - 01:09 PM
...for accepting my request for your friendship. You are a brilliant writer, and the vulnerability with which you write resonates within me on many levels. I admire, and appreciate your gift. You are a beautiful woman. Peace, grace and blessings, Wendy