I am retreating

Tomorrow morning bright and early (ie by the crack of noon) I take off for the Holy Cross Abbey of Berryville, Virginia. There I will spend four days in the monastic guest house, pretty much on my own. I plan on walking a lot, writing in my journal, translating one or two gospels from the Vulgate, and reading a little bit of a Gene Wolfe novel. I intend for it to be a time of washing everything about my job as a teacher and quasi administrator out of my mind. When I come back on the following Monday, after spending the weekend in Washington, I intend to immediately get started on my new research projects.

While at the monastery I will be away from phones, fax, computers, and TVs. So I will not be posting until next Monday.

Hope everyone is having a good time.

[Jack- I like your last post and will respond when I return]