Category: Personal

vegan?

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What’s your favorite recipe?
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I recently decided to follow a vegan diet. No meat, no dairy, and no eggs – no animal products. I live alone so it is pretty easy to control what I eat. And often I slip and forget to check! The “anchorite” tradition is vegetarian but my system does not like dairy so I thought I would go all the way.

I do not have a favourite recipe. I have enjoyed trying new things with tofu. And I have discovered Dahl. Sometimes I miss a food – burgers – but I have found vegan alternatives that taste much better. I miss some of the things I used to mindlessly eat – potato chips and chocolate. But I feel better for my choice.

a book

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Tell us about the last thing you got excited about.
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It is all about a book. I found a book online – a book I desired for a long time. A book that I believed was unavailable since it was a limited run. This book arrived! And I was excited.

The book is a 1961 edition of the Directory of Anglican Religious Communities. It smells of incense and is packed with information about monasteries, friars, and other houses of religious life. It is old-fashioned in its language and has no pictures.

no go …

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How would you design the city of the future?
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To be honest, I would not! I have little practical skills and designing anything is not my thing.

I would, however, suggest to the individual who is designing the future city to include lots of parks and libraries. And, maybe, some coffee shops.

what?

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What are your top ten favorite movies?
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To be honest, I cannot name ten movies. I tried to remember some this morning and I remember about three. Not that I do not watch movies or TV. It just generally does not have a great effect on me. It wastes time – fills in dead space. But is not a life-changing thing.

So, what?

Gratitude

What positive emotion do you feel most often?

There is only one option for me: gratitude.

I am thankful to all the people who help me everyday (who pray for me), for the parish that has given me a place to live (to fulfil a vocation), and the many other things that I do not deserve but are still part of my life.

this answer is very unique

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What is a word you feel that too many people use?
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While I have a “philosophical issue” with language, I dislike how people use the word “unique”. And especially how sometimes people say “very unique”, “extremely unique”, or some other superlative qualifying “unique”.

A word I feel people use too much is “surreal”.