the daunting silence of a modern hermitage
December 13th, 2012 | by msalt
Franciscan monks just opened a new hermitage — a silent, reclusive retreat — on 40 acres hidden in the middle [&hellip
December 13th, 2012 | by msalt
Franciscan monks just opened a new hermitage — a silent, reclusive retreat — on 40 acres hidden in the middle [&hellip
December 7th, 2012 | by msalt
(This FAQ was sent to the long-defunct Taoism-L mailing list, on October 10, 1993 by Steve Bokenkamp, who is now [&hellip
December 5th, 2012 | by msalt
Novelist Silas House in the NYT (12/4/2012): “Too many writers today are afraid to be still. … I’m not talking [&hellip
December 2nd, 2012 | by msalt
Imagine how great the Internet would be if people posted/tweeted/blogged/tumbld/facebooked only rarely, when they had something really excellent. You could [&hellip
December 2nd, 2012 | by msalt
“Everything was quiet then. I had yet to wake the children. My husband was gone. The dogs were resting. The [&hellip
December 1st, 2012 | by msalt
Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday, for reasons that Jon Carroll explains well. But America has lost sight of the holiday’s [&hellip