Word for Word
After the Ego
A book about relationship
By Jill Loree and Scott Wisler
WORD FOR WORD: An intimate exchange between a couple of kindred souls
What does it really look like, not just to talk the talk, but also to walk the walk of a spiritual path?
Surprisingly insightful and at times pretty funny, Word for Word is a unique collection of text and email messages written back and forth between a couple of died-in-the-wool spiritual seekers, Scott and Jill, as they walked headlong into a new relationship that would prove lasting.
Typos and punctuation have been cleaned up to aid readability, but believe it or not, nothing has been added or subtracted nor has anything been tweaked so the two don’t look too strange. You’ll see.
Excerpt
From: Scott Wisler
Subject: Norway pic 4
On Monday, Oct 17, 2016, at 2:14 AM EST (8:14 AM in Norway), Scott Wisler wrote:
If you zoom in on Helgeroa, Norway, and look at the marina, you’ll see a tiny island in the harbor. It has a cute little cottage on it that somebody lives in year-round. Charming in the summer. I’m guessing cold and damp in the winter.
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From: Jill Loree
Re: Norway pic 4
On Monday, Oct 17, 2016 at 6:43 AM EST (12:43 PM in Norway), Jill Loree wrote:
Oh man, I so want to live in that little red house! It’s probably genetic. I am reminded of Garrison Keillor’s description of the Norwegians who settled in the Minnesota/Wisconsin area. We are a people who left Norway, travelled half-way around the world, and didn’t stop till we found a place as cold and miserable as the one we had left.
‘Charming in the summer; ass-freezing in the winter’ describes my childhood homeland to a T.
Jill
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From: Scott Wisler
Re: Norway pic 4
On Monday, Oct 17, 2016, at 6:48 AM EST (12:48 PM in Norway), Scott Wisler wrote:
Having been to northern Minn, I can validate most of this. The charming in the summer part, anyway. The forest and the land really do speak of the ass-freezing cold, if you listen. I nearly went back a few years ago on a whim to skinny dip in all five great lakes in one summer…
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From: Jill Loree
I was talking with my brother this past weekend about my woes and he mentioned this plaque that our Dad had made for him. So this is my lineage.
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From: Scott Wisler
This does put your father’s family motto, burned into a block of local pine, into more perspective. It’s an evolutionary step forward from Swedish stoicism. My friend Nik in Stockholm told me in northern Sweden, the man’s motto is “Hell no. Not going to change”. He he.
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On Monday, Oct 17, 11:14 PM EST, (5:14 PM in Norway), Scott Wisler sent a text:
I think the Trolls were crossing my path today. I’m going to go spend some time in the gym with the heavy bag.
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Text from Jill: Walk it off. Perhaps no candles today but envision a light in the future when you and I will have a proper chance to meet. :)
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Scott: Yep, walk it off. I could not make this day up. A proper chance to meet sounds really nice.
©2017 Jill Loree. All rights reserved.
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