A New Trail to Town

I strolled down the new/old path to town today. It follows the route between the School of Theology and two different residential streets.

I've always known I could walk down this hill, but I'd never done it till today. What a fascinating window into "old" Sewanee (a dilapidated wooden structure -- a cottage? a chicken coop? --, a pile of old bed springs, discarded buckets and helmet and general trash, a small bridge, a second wood sculpture (like the large one near Lake Cheston), and a running stream (the notorious one that caused one resident headaches because of continual moisture in the basement of her new house). Above me on one side, I recognized folks' back yards and the elementary school, lower down a newish development known as Parson's Green; on the other high side, I passed the Tennessee Williams Center and houses on the street I usually take to the highway.

I enjoyed the walk, and I even happened (once) upon an option in my new camera: Double Exposure!

Pity I couldn't figure out how to do it again. I guess it's coming time to break out the maddeningly unclear instructions.

But that can wait till another day.

They Came and Surely They Saw

Each year, the Seminary welcomes visitors in February for a special program, described this way on the website:

If you're in the discernment process as a postulant or exploring your faith and ministry as a lay leader, a visit to The School of Theology at the University of the South is your best way to experience Episcopal seminary education in Sewanee, Tenn. Student-organized and student-led, Come & See 2015 will introduce you to community life and theological formation in one of the most beautiful settings in the nation. Once on the Mountain for Come & See, your expenses -- food and campus lodging -- are covered by The School of Theology.

The signs went up and the weather began an exciting performance of its own: road-closing snow and ice with extreme low temperatures, followed by rain and fog so dense a mystery novel fan would feel she had walked into a scene with Sherlock Holmes himself. 

If any of the visitors decide to matriculate here, they will already have met the other great experience of Sewanee's community life: winter's capriciousness.