Still Unplugged...
Week two of the internet-free experiment and I'm surviving nicely. Of course, they've seen me at the coffee shop far more often than they had in the past, but that works for me. And I am finding that I really have far less need for being on-line than I had myself convinced that I needed. Of course, I'm not a student nor is my "work" on-line...and I can send and receive email from my phone, so I am really connected all the time...even when I sometimes would rather not be. Which brings me to the retreat I'm taking part in this weekend. Begins Sunday afternoon, actually, and goes until Tuesday p.m... led by a wonderful, spiritual woman who I met many years ago at my favorite retreat center, Well of Mercy in Harmony, NC. This retreat is being held at a B&B in western NC and there will only be seven of us in attendance, all women in ministry. Kathryn, our leader, has chosen the title "In the Bleak Midwinter" for our time together and,...