Welcome to Litsy!

For the most part, this meditative book of essays provoked reflective responses in me as evidenced by all the sticky notes that adorn the book‘s pages.I especially enjoyed all her musings on poetry& language,her role as a poet & the poetics in Benedictine chants,songs,prayers, & in the Bible.But for about the last 90 pages, I confessed I skimmed. I‘m not sure if it was just because became the book became repetitive or that I lost interest.#nunlit

My garden last summer gone to the wild- weeds as tall as the railings. My “ratty little garden.” I could not give it attention because of shoulder surgery. Life forced me to let go, let the garden reclaim itself.
“The garden I‘ve grown into…seems more a kind of Purgatory, but I love it. It‘s a rattly little garden, not much at all. But I can call it mine”(271).
#nunlit

This book was a tough read (reading via my vintage kindle added to the challenge), but I stuck with because it was good. I have personal experiences that gave me specific interests in the author‘s details and I think that was essential to my positive opinion of this book. Kathleen is a poet and how that juxtaposed with her time spent in the theology of Benedictine monasteries was fascinating. #NunLitQuarterly

#25Alive #prosperous #day7

My library had this in audio, so I started listening to it for #nunlit #nunlitquarterly, only to find it‘s really not suitable for listening— at least not for me. I couldn‘t remember much of what I heard, so I returned the audiobook and got the Kindle book for $4.99. I‘m appreciating it more in print.

Starting #hyggehour with Kathleen Norris.
Pictures courtesy Sugar and Charm, & NBC News per internet.
#hyggehourreadathon

I am so enjoying Kathleen Norris‘s thinking.#nunlit #nunlitquarterly

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“contemplative potential of the reading process…”
I think many Littens read in this way. 🩵📚💙
#nunlit #nunlitquarterly
This book was published in 1996 so it may be in libraries. I did not realize it was 382 pages so we can go into February! Please let me know if you do not want to be tagged. I took the list from @jlhammar

#nunlitquarterly #2025
I apologize for not putting books up for a vote;time was a factor.But if anyone has other suggestions,please post them! I loved this buddy read so much that I thought I would throw these choices out there. @jlhammar is taking a break this year.
January:Cloister Walk
April: Sad Nun at Synanon
July: Subversive Habits
October: Millennial Nuns
Simply read chosen book, post your thoughts along the way, review, tag group.

This was such a fantastic look into the cloistered life of monks & nuns from an outsiders POV. It's reverent & honest, with poetical writing. 5 ⭐️

#catholic #nonfiction

" ... hospitality is at the center of it all. In a work in which we are so easily labeled and polarized by our differences ... monastic hospitality is a model of the kind of openness that we need if we are going to see and hear each other at all."

#spirituality #quotes

This is such a beautifully written book. I'm slowly making my way through it and marking as I go along.

#catholic #biography

The connections that Benedictines painstakingly thread through their everyday lives reinforce my sense of monastic life itself as a great poem, one that honors and celebrates Jesus Christ, who, Oscar Wilde tells us in De Profundis, "is the poem God made."

Dear Litsy friends, I am looking for a recommendation. This book is about a woman immersing herself within a Christian convent. Would anyone know of anything similar involving Buddhist monks and/or nuns?? Thanks in advance!! ❤️💖😘

I primarily buy used books as opposed to new because I like recycling 😀 I also give a lot of my books away so others can enjoy them. These are the #usedbooks from my last haul. My cat wasn't in to being in the picture 😺 #augustphotochallenge