Category Archives: Diary

Retreats –What is the use of writing these down?

Retreats are a change of pace to re-think and re-visit the same things once more. While other persons on the trip made themselves busy with trying to catch up with the one-other-site to see I took some time off to … Continue reading

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Why a Reading Journal?

“The novelist is a poor imitation of the Creator God.” G.Lukacs There was a reason  for all this suffering. Ellie Weisel WHY A READING JOURNAL… Keeping these notes has helped shape many discussions with fellow-travelers over the years. I started … Continue reading

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Diary as a Looking Glass

  The diary is a looking glass. At first it reflects the diarist. But it ends by revealing the reader Stefan Kanfer, in Introduction to Penguin Book of Diaries. Selected by Ronald Blythe * * * * * * * … Continue reading

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