When I went to the church bookstore, I had precisely $30 in my wallet: one ten, and one twenty.
50-knot chotki cost $15.
So of course I felt completely justified in buying something else. An icon, perhaps…? But all of those were at least $6, and usually more, so that wouldn’t do. I will not stiff the [...]
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Bookstore Purchases
Posted in purchases, tagged books on November 9, 2008 | 2 Comments »
The Dog Ate My Prayer Rope
Posted in purchases, tagged chotki, prayer rope, purchases on November 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
…about a year ago. He also ate my mother’s. For a while I did have a second one from St. John Chrysostom’s in Kenosha, a pretty little 33-knot one with a green bead that fit just perfectly around my wrist, but that went AWOL pretty quickly.
So on Friday I finally bought myself a new one from [...]
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"You chose truth," my priest said at Confession, "so you will struggle." Here I am, struggling, trying to wear my chotki's knots smooth.
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