The cover of Confessions of a Pagan Nun by Kate Horsley is arresting for someone like me — a romantic who is entranced by the mystery and ideals of early monastic life. It shows a clochan, a beehive-shaped rock hut set beside a small stream and barren, rocky hills in the distance. Built of dry …
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In the Chapter House
As soon as anything hath been commanded by the Superior, the monk permits no delay in the execution, as if the matter had been commanded by God Himself.
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Murmurs
- David Morton on Top Ten Films About the Middle Ages (Part Two)
- David Morton on Top Ten Films About the Middle Ages (Part Two)
- Maximillian on Top Ten Films About the Middle Ages (Part Two)
- lizzy on Food in the Middle Ages: Eight Things You Probably Didn’t Know
- Alexis on Using Google Earth to Imagine Medieval Times
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Tweets
- Totally enjoying my new Kindle 2, and, with Calibre to aggregate sources like NY Review of Books, is a great distraction to writing today. 2010/02/22
- Interesting article for aspiring writers and publishers - Publishing: The Revolutionary Future - NY Review of Books: http://bit.ly/cJFPkO 2010/02/22
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