Los Angeles

Greetings from Los Angeles! Driving across the Mojave Desert to get here was a little daunting, not the least because I paid over $4 a gallon for gas in the desert.

It is astounding that one can walk to several different free WiFi sites in Goochland, but the only place I could find in LA is at the Public Library, and they didn't open until 1:30 PM and closes at 5:30. I am here helping Shireen get ready to go to Seminary at VTS in Alexandria, VA. It's hard for her to leave all of her friends and familiar surroundings. Tomorrow I will attend a high Requiem Mass at the local high and hazy Episcopal church which is sponsoring her. Purple vestments, professional schola, it should be pretty interesting. Then, next Wednesday we take off to explore the US in a photographic safari. I am getting lots of rest and giving myself permission not to be anywhere I don't want to be at any given time. It is a gift of freedom that I seldom have.


My solitary time in a friend's adobe sweat lodge was wonderful. Praying and fasting and listening to what God might say in dreams and in God's still small voice was long overdue. I was fine the first day and night and the second day. The second night I woke up to a mouse running across my chest. I decided if God had anything more to say he could find me down at my friend's house in the guest bedroom.