"Nuns Rock!"

My first nun contact, maybe ever, was in March in a secluded square home to a medieval seminary in Belgium. Last week, my nun-o-meter tingled again after I spotted a dark grey habit peak out of what was perhaps a Roman/Eastern European women's shelter, almost going off the charts when I stepped into a Metro car filled ENTIRELY with nuns. I don't really know why I think nuns are so awesome--maybe it reminds me of some Medieval time, where cities in Italy were overwrought with Dominican and Cistercian monks brewing beer and writing, which to me sounds like a great job, or maybe because the nun-culture I'm familiar with--strictly historical, that is--involves more women forced to become nuns than not, often running away with rogue ex-monk painters (the 1400s were scandalous, Fra Angelico!). Anyways, I was more than happy to get photo-bombed by this nun in Vatican City, and even more excited that they feature in a New York Times editorial today.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/29/opinion/sunday/kristof-we-are-all-nuns.html?smid=FB-nytimes&WT.mc_id=SR-E-FB-SM-LIN-WAA-043012-NYT-NA&WT.mc_ev=click