The meadow was lush and green and represented all that was good and perfect about the land. It sat in a world of meadow and forest and tree and blossom and river and hills and mountains; of lion and deer and rabbit and sheep and fish and bird; of clear skies and distant views and … Continue reading Book One – Becoming Eve – Chapter 1 – ‘Awake my Soul’
Book Two – Vita Nova – Chapter 2 – ‘Back At the Gate’
Before setting out up this new pathway, Eve again turned her attention towards The Narrow Gate. She was curious about it and stood for a while peering over. She thought she could hear the sound of shuffling feet; like the sound of people walking on a gravel hardened forest trail. As she looked over The … Continue reading Book Two – Vita Nova – Chapter 2 – ‘Back At the Gate’
Book Two – Vita Nova – Chapter 1 – ‘The Meadow’
As Eve continued to survey her new surroundings, it seemed to her as though everything looked more vital; more alive. She was still enjoying how rich and beautiful the birdsong had sounded and now she observed the same kind of phenomenon in the flora too. It was as though nature was verbalising it’s exuberance: The … Continue reading Book Two – Vita Nova – Chapter 1 – ‘The Meadow’
Book One – Becoming Eve – Chapter 4 – ‘Through the Gate’
"Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it. For the gate is small and the way is narrow that leads to life, and there are few who find it." (Matthew 7:13-14) She had sat that way … Continue reading Book One – Becoming Eve – Chapter 4 – ‘Through the Gate’
Book One – Becoming Eve – Chapter 3 – ‘A Walk in the Park’
When she had finished praying Eve already felt marginally better, perhaps more resolved, perhaps even a little more at ease. She remained sitting, pondering what she had just been praying and wondered if it was all just nonsense; perhaps she wasn’t doing any more than just talking to herself, or that her prayer didn’t even … Continue reading Book One – Becoming Eve – Chapter 3 – ‘A Walk in the Park’
Book One – Becoming Eve – Chapter 2 – ‘Realisation’
Realisation Eve was having a bad day; things had come to a head. She had lain awake half the night with existential thoughts running through her mind: who am I really; what is the point of life; why haven’t any of my cleverly devised plans worked out? She was perched on the edge of her … Continue reading Book One – Becoming Eve – Chapter 2 – ‘Realisation’
Becoming Eve 