Sep 10, 2026 · 14 min · 12 segments
Charlotte Wood’s “Stoneyard Devotional” explores grief, memory, and the complicated ways we carry the past with us. Hosts Kacy and Tyler discuss Wood’s story and reflect on how loss, place, and…
Now, let me tell you a little bit about this lady.
This book is written like a diary, okay? And it's by a woman.
An Aussie woman.
She's unnamed, right? I don't think we ever find out her name.
But the main character, the narrator of this book, she is a woman who works to fight help-endangered species.
And it's very stressful, and she's feeling like she's not making a difference in the world as much as she would like.
She goes on a retreat.
And it is at a kind of a convent.
It's a nunnery.
She talks about that.
And then later in the book, she joins this religious community.
She's not a nun.
She doesn't take vows.
This is like the place where she's at in this.
This abbey is a small town, rural.
So that's a big difference.
She's kind of left the city life to be in this.
Just they make their own food.
They grow vegetables.
Vegetables.
Yeah, they got land.
A main
thing that happens is there's a huge, very grotesque mouse infestation.
Yes,
Now, let me tell you a little bit about this lady.
This book is written like a diary, okay? And it's by a woman.
An Aussie woman.
She's unnamed, right? I don't think we ever find out her name.
But the main character, the narrator of this book, she is a woman who works to fight help-endangered species.
And it's very stressful, and she's feeling like she's not making a difference in the world as much as she would like.
She goes on a retreat.
And it is at a kind of a convent.
It's a nunnery.
She talks about that.
And then later in the book, she joins this religious community.
She's not a nun.
She doesn't take vows.
This is like the place where she's at in this.
This abbey is a small town, rural.
So that's a big difference.
She's kind of left the city life to be in this.
Just they make their own food.
They grow vegetables.
Vegetables.
Yeah, they got land.
A main
thing that happens is there's a huge, very grotesque mouse infestation.
Yes,
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