Part of the response to a friend who emailed and mentioned that I seemed to be really in “it” here…meaning the experience and the living. Yes, I guess you could say that I am in “it” here, but I still go “there” as well…. and sometimes my heart doesn´t know where to go and just…
Author: Kimberly M. King
I am a Religious of the Sacred Heart (RSCJ) living in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. I am the director of Barat Spirituality Centre, www.baratspirituality.org, a writer, a juggler, a quick wit, a walker. I enjoy reading all sorts of fiction and non-fiction and regularly write both essays and poetry. Other interests and abilities include Spanish/English written translation and simultaneous interpretation, cooking, and time spent thinking and observing.
From the Journal or, Driving in English
An excerpt from yesterday´s journal entry, after the visit to the National Library of Chile (click here to read ). Point to note before reading, since September, my journal entries have been 98% in Spanish. For reasons that are difficult to explain, it is easier for me to do it that way… otherwise, there is…
From Humitas to Gabriela and the Greeks
It has been some weeks since last posting. There are several reasons for that, but they don´t seem so important to mention right now. Let me just say that I am glad to be back at the keyboard, finding a way to share with a crowd the insights and adventures that come my way in…
The allure of a pencil named Minerva
One of the things I have come to know over eleven years in religious life is that I am a better person because I live in community. The company, the accountability, the sharing of resources, the communal concerns shared and shouldered, the prayer, the polishing of my own edges. It all makes me more able…
Along for the Ride
During my ride to Antofagasta, I made a list of things that caught my attention… 1. A business called Frenos Daytona 500 (A brake repair shop) 2. Not one but several mattress repair shops. Who knew it was an industry? 3. Women´s pick-up soccer played in a field along the highway 4. The trees with…
If
RevGal Friday Five composed in Antofagasta, Chile. A 21 hour bus ride north of Santiago….through hours of the Atacama desert…fascinating, really. 1. If you were a color, what would you be? My dream job as a child was to be the one who thought up names for paint colors… So, I´m going to go with…
Y las estrellas bailarán And the Stars will Dance
Desde Antofagasta, Chile… From Antofagasta, Chile. Primero en castellano, luego en inglés… Hoy fui con A a la casa de retiros de los Jesuitas para caminar, sentar, rezar, mientras ella acompañó O quien está haciendo su retiro acá. Allí tenía un momento de oración diferente de todos los demás que he tenido aquí en Chile…profundo…
After Reading Neruda
En castellano primero…luego inglés… Para que todos vivan / en ella / hago mi casa / con odas / transparentes.–Pablo Neruda en La Casa de las Odas Deseos Después de Leer Neruda Que mis odas sean escritos de piedras y aire-hechos de muros y sílabas permeables. Que su cocina sea con el sol en las…
Wishes with borrowed words
For a change, this year I am going to use someone else´s words to express my Christmas wishes. This is a unique time for me, a learning time for me, a journey time for me, a deep and enriching time for me… Oddly enough, in some ways, those feelings make me feel more in touch…
Two for Advent/Dos para Adviento
Pageant The star-plastic. The robes-bedsheets and dirty cord. The kings-dethroned and sun leathered. The baby-oh, the baby was wailing real and seemed to knowthat his life would bewith the people of the streets. c. MperiodPress Adviento IV, 2009 Oro, Incienso, y Mirra Cuando yo les encontré,tenían regalos para dar. El cantante borracho del calleque besó…
Consider the Lilies 