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DISPATCHED FROM THE CROSSROADS, AT THE INTERSECTION OF yesterday & tomorrow
Saturday,
6.30.07: 2 Weeks In Review
Road trips, writing, and religion... and wretched electronics.
Our day trip to Corning was followed by a 2-day drive to St Louis and back.
I'm really trying to dig into some writing but suddenly I'm plagued by electronic annoyances: TV cable turning itself off. Dead network router. Network security won't work with new router. Mom not getting my email. Cracked DVD from Netflix. I should really take a long walk in the woods.
I really haven't intended to make a study of religion over the past year
— I lack piety — but I continue to be drawn in.
It makes for great conversations. I'm still reading Doubt:
A History: The Great Doubters and Their Legacy of Innovation. It's an
eye-opener in this age of dogma. During our walking-and-talking
last week, Ellen reminded me that Thomas
Merton had delved
into Eastern spirituality. I read his "Seven-Story Mountain" in
high school and loved it. Merton was a man of the world who paradoxically
was also a Trappist monk. I bought his Mystics
and Zen Masters
If there's a devil, his name is Digital.
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