In this reflective essay, Janet Tamez shares her journey of writing and faith during a season of living in hotels and searching for stability. She explores how messy journals, Bible plans, conversations with friends, and even Emily Dickinson’s poetry offered unexpected lessons on writing, creativity, and the meaning of home. Catholic writers will find encouragement in every season, even the “meantime” of life.

During the month of October, Tom Medlar offers four poems to help us meditate on the rosary. Each poem contemplates the saving graces available in the different mysteries, dwelling on each decade individually.