BlogHide Resteemshalwarren (38)in orthodoxy • 7 years agoJourney to Athos (part 3 of 3)Perhaps his greeting, “we have been waiting for you” was what he said to everyone, but for me it was personal. Next he took me down a flight of stairs to his cell, a Spartan, wood floored room with…halwarren (38)in simonopetra • 7 years agoJourney to Athos (part 2 of 3)From Ouranopolis, with my forty pound backpack, mainly filled with books including the Philokalia along with a little Camus and Sartre for reality balancing, I started down the one clear dirt road…halwarren (38)in padua • 7 years agoJourney to Mount Athos (part 1 of 3)On January 4, 1977 I departed my home in Chattanooga, Tennessee for Mount Athos with a planned stop in Padova, Italy to visit a Benedictine Monastery. My youngest brother Mark had been selected to…halwarren (38)in life • 7 years agoBlog DescriptionAs I learn about SteemIt I am inspired to do what I have not done before, document my life. My friends who have heard my story say I should write a book. I’ve never had the right energy for that.…halwarren (38)in consciousness • 8 years agoSleeping AwakeIt was the Feast of the Holy Transfiguration in August, 2012. My oldest son, Nick, had just returned to America from seven months in Greece in a Greek Orthodox Monastery. He was on his way to be…halwarren (38)in life • 8 years agoLiving Large on American Social SecurityHalloween 2014 I had the good fortune to be laid-off from my job of 29 years as Director of Publishing Innovation at the American Psychological Association in Washington, DC. I was 61 years old and…
