by Shari Dragovich | Jan 9, 2021 | Faith, Uncategorized
This week, I’ve been sharing how the medieval monastic culture approached reading and ‘memorializing’ Scripture. I’ve been practicing what I’ve learned from the medievals (or at least my understanding of it) and applying it to my own...
by Shari Dragovich | Jan 7, 2021 | Faith, Uncategorized
I mentioned in my last post that 2021 is going to be about delight. A big part of this includes resurrecting this blog for the purpose and practice of delight. I’m serious about this. So serious, in fact, I’ve decided to dedicate the next thirteen weeks of the blog’s...
by Shari Dragovich | Jan 5, 2021 | Uncategorized
Happy 2021! Finally. And yet, not much has changed on the outside. Something is stirring however. I sense it. I sense it as magnificently as I feel the down-to-my-bones chill in the air when I run. As potent and home-spun as the smell of cow pasture on my way to the...
by Shari Dragovich | Jun 4, 2020 | Uncategorized
image from npr.org It is the season of the cicadas here in my Southwest Virginia mountain town. I’d never heard of cicadas until moving out East. It is one more thing I love about this part of the country. My first introduction to cicadas was in 2004—our first full...
by Shari Dragovich | Apr 6, 2020 | Uncategorized
Never before have I been more comforted by the proof of spring’s coming outside my window. I know I’ve written about it adnoseum. I guess it’s because I am always surprised by its transforming on the landscape where I now live. On the prairie there were trees—one here...
by Shari Dragovich | Mar 23, 2020 | Uncategorized
March 22, 2020 So…here we are. Outside my window, the fruit trees are in full, cotton pink bloom. The oak in my front yard is cast in hazy rust-colored buds. My grass is turning patchy green. It will need tending soon. The sun is finally pushing through days of cloud...
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