Ironing Cabinet, Teakply, 1981

Mt Helena Nat Park, 2015

God, an elderly Jesuit once suggested to me, is something like an old carpenter in a small village in Vermont. If you ask the townspeople where to turn to for carpentry work or repairs, they will say, “There’s only one person to call. He does excellent work. He’s careful, he’s precise, he’s conscientious, he’s creative, he makes sure that everything fits, and he tailors his work exactly to fit your needs. There’s just one problem: he takes forever!”

(From James Martin SJ. The Jesuit Guide to almost Everything: A Spirituality for Real Life, HarperCollins 2010)