The world is to the meditative man or woman what the mulberry plant is to the silkworm. Alexander Smith

Hot Links of the Moment

A little something on the writer of my intro page's marvelous quote, Audre Lorde.

a fantastic fabric store for quilters

the breast cancer names banner

Vassar College, my alma mater

where I work

Divine Savior Catholic Church, my parish

God stuff

Reflections on daily Scripture readings

by and about women religious

Commonweal, the thinking woman's Catholic biweekly magazine

another interesting magazine

Mount St. Scholastica, a wonderful Benedictine community

Monastery of the Blessed Sacrament, an enclosed Dominican monastery

Amnesty International

81% goes to relief programs

committed to ending hunger world-wide

emergency & long term relief; over 90% goes to field programs

Entertainment

A fantastic alternative to Star Trek

One of the more fascinating SF planets around

Adventure Just like the original

Cafesweeper a Java version of Minesweeper

A TV station that just might realize the promise of the medium.

a new show on PBS

Everything you wanted to know about Jane Austen, including the texts to ALL her novels.

Freiburg, a beautiful German city

Shopping

Pinetree Quiltworks, a great source of quilting supplies

All kinds of philatelic supplies at great prices

Christ in the Desert Monastery creates web pages in their scriptorium