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The ruddy Cardinal perched in the barren peach tree and the Robin who wings from branch to fence by way of the garden, these and more who fill the air each day, pose a persistent question: When will you realize? The song your heart sings is enough; that song...
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“Of course, there’s the coming-down too. Backwards.” And then he said: “Which would be difficult . . .” “Unless one fell . . .” “When it would be . . .” “EASY.” – from In Which Tiggers...
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I left the house in a huff of anger and frustration, pulling away from the curb without a plan. I wanted quiet and space and a place to use my computer and phone, but beyond all of that I needed to be near water. I needed to sit and watch it moving,...
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My participation in Oasis’ Journey into Silence began with two days and nights of prayer, silence and solitude spent journaling, wandering and re-collecting myself. Then I returned home to the ocean of intensity, chaos and noise that typifies life with four...
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We sweep through the big red-framed doors into Target, into the coolness and light and open space that smells like newness and popcorn mingled together.We stop for a cart and I take off long-striding into the belly of the beast, pushing, pulling my daughter who’s...
