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Since I plan to spend most of my time writing, I brought one of my split keyboards which make typing much easier for me.\u00a0 Only thing.\u00a0 It had an old fashioned pin style plug-in.\u00a0 I have a USB exclusive laptop along.\u00a0 Sigh.<\/p>\n
Got on the web and discovered a Radio Shack in Milbank, only 13 miles back toward Minnesota.\u00a0 They were redesigning the store tonight, so, though they would have been closed otherwise, tonight they were there.\u00a0 After supper, I drove to Milbank, had a nice chat with the clerks and the owner, who offered me a beer, bought a new keyboard–they couldn’t find the adapters due to remodeling–and schlepped back to the Abbey.<\/p>\n
When I pulled up in the Abbey parking lot, I opened the truck door and the bells started clanging.\u00a0 7:30, time for Vigils.\u00a0 Scared the B…well you know, out of me.<\/p>\n
So here I am, typing on my new keyboard, ready to get up tomorrow and start writing more pages of Missing.\u00a0 The Abbey is a peaceful place, set high atop a prominent hill in an otherwise flat topography.\u00a0 As a result, you can see for miles.\u00a0 At night Milbank twinkles off to the east and farm houses dotted across the prairie are outposts of electricity, television, the modern world.<\/p>\n
What would Per think?<\/p>\n
The meal was in silence tonight and Brother Bennet read while the rest of us ate.\u00a0 Another Minnesotan is here, a woman, and me.\u00a0 The monks were all in black robes and cowl tonight.\u00a0 I don’t know what signifies, but I’ll ask\u00a0 tomorrow.<\/p>\n
The drive out here is a long one, over 4 hours, and I’m tired.\u00a0 Early bedtime tonight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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