Shaggy Dogs Meet Liminal Space
By Brother Luke It's 6:45 am and I am shepherding (!) my canine pack of three out the front door of Emmaus House, our guest house where we monks now temporarily reside, toward one of our antique Honda Elements (2006 version). And it's raining, the gravel driveway is a slushy mess, and my three want to do their business BEFORE we get into the car and head up New Skete Lane to the monastery for 7:15 am matins. So we get a little wetter before we manage to scramble into the car. Fortunately, the Elements are perfect for this kind of adventure, roomy in the back for the dogs and easy to clean. Of course, they'd rather be in the front seat, but you know about that if you have dogs. Blue Honda Element - aka the dog car My pack of three at this time is still Fuller and Iris, the 5-year-olds, and Victoria, Tori for short, my 5-month-old puppy. The adult dogs are doing well with the shift in routines from monastery to Emmaus House, but the puppy is just trying