Just when you thought it was all over...
...it isn't, quite! I wrote the piece below a week or so ago, as a sort of close to my sabbatical ~ not just the time in Australia and the Holy Land, but towards the end of the full 12 weeks. It's sort of poetic prose, if that's a thing! It's quite raw, and the photos didn't behave very well... but I wanted to share it with those who've shared this journey with me. Thank you... again! Cacophony of Soun d & of Silence 2023, 15 years ordained a summer sabbatical, long delayed and rearranged by pandemic life. A ‘focus’ for extended study leave? 12 weeks 12 weeks to breathe, reflect, recharge space space for midlife unravelling space for plans and unplugs focus? notification… attention-grabbing… ‘Paula Gooder’… ‘Women of the Bible’… ‘St George’s College, Jerusalem’… ‘June 2023’… attention-grabbed! booked! focus found? found, not fixed ~ expanded, unfurled, through plans and unpins 12 weeks, organic, meandering focus ~ women, women’s voices, ...