Aug 11, 2003, Welcome to all new website visitors!

It has always been so intriguing to discover where "The Camel Knows The Way" has landed. It is on a millionaire's yacht going around the world; it is also on Death Row in Livingston, Texas. One day I received a letter from a nun, Sister Mary Joaquin, who was living as a hermit attached to Christ in the Desert Monastery in Abiqui, New Mexico. She wrote that she was particularly moved by my book, and we corresponded for many months. She then invited me to visit. It was an offer I couldn't refuse. How often does one get an invitation to visit a hermit? Easter 2000 I spent at the monastery. It is in a spectacular location, 13 miles down a dirt track nestled by an ancient river with the walls of the canyon rising majestically and protectively on either side. Sister Joaquin and I formed an instant bond and spent hours in her tiny room having some marvelous conversations.