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Beryl fretting that my computer loads Gather so slowly
Can you find silence within sound?
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My husband Bill is noise sensitive. Sounds of traffic, noise from factories, lawn equipment and machinery drive him batsy. I, on the other hand, having spent many years in a cloistered monastery on a . . . more
Beryl is now friends with Jacob Mielke Jun 15, 2009 10:52PM EDT
Beryl commented on the post Memorial Day: 101 by Ron B. May 25, 2009 12:10PM EDT "What a powerful exposition of the demands that soldiering places on a person. Thanks Ron." more
Beryl commented on the post Wolf-Birds by Raven Spirit May 25, 2009 11:47AM EDT "I've had one raven in the woods next to my house. I think it might be injured because it is always hopping rather than flying. The first time I saw it, the raven was being divebombed by five crows. They . . ." more
Beryl commented on the post At my elbow by Debbie G. May 23, 2009 7:13PM EDT "You haven't forgotten one. Your memories give them life. Again." more
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I am a writer and a columnist living on the North Shore of Lake Superior. My first book, The Scent of God, was released by Counterpoint and was a Book Sense Notable in April 2006. That same year I was named a "Best of 2006 Minnesota Authors."
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On Gather, I'm Looking For ...:
A community of thoughtful, open-minded persons with whom to discuss current events and universal issues and acquire new friends.
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Favorite Books, Writers, Genres:
poetry by Rainer Maria Rilke and Mary Oliver,
literary novels,
memoirs,
autobiographies,
spirituality,
nature writing,
personal essays,
Learning to Fall by Phillip Simmons,
Bel Canto by Ann Patchett,
Lying Awake by Mark Salzman,
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd,
The Way to Love by Anthony de Mello,
The Spiral Staircase by Karen Armstrong
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Favorite Movies, Actors, Genres:
After the Wedding,
Pieces of April,
My House in Umbria,
The God's Must Be Crazy,
Out of Africa,
Ladies in Lavender,
Antonia's Line,
Il Postino,
Cinema Paradiso,
Lonesome Dove,
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada,
The Overture
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Interests and Activities:
spirituality,
environment,
social issues,
art of living,
Hiking,
Snow Shoeing,
Cross Country Skiing,
Canoeing,
Reading,
reading,
reading.
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