This wild-petaled daisy, some form of bitter-weed, a happy, sweet, silky touch of sunshine at my feet, how often we ignore the smallest gifts existing all around us. You require so little, enjoy the dry climate, thrive in rocky soil, tolerate our drought and neglect, and exist as nourishment to the humble bee, the returningContinue reading “This Tiny Wildflower”
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A Whole World Waits
If you truly love nature, you will find beauty everywhere. —Laura Ingalls Wilder The next time you step into a field or walk your neighborhood, consider it a museum, a fine arboretum, a famous concert hall, and see the wildflower, hear the birdsong, feel the undulations of a west wind as you watch the sunContinue reading “A Whole World Waits”
Speaking of Trees
“They grip the ground as though they liked it, and though fast rooted they travel about as far as we do….around the sun two million miles a day, and through space heaven knows how fast and far!” — from the journals of John Muir From a man who lived under them, inspected root and limb, Continue reading “Speaking of Trees”
A Misunderstanding
You were caught within the gentle folds, heavy with water sprayed before I saw you searching for this flower’s pollen. I paused, watched you struggle to recover from the shower as I stilled and focused enough to capture this image; you regained the power of your wings, shook the last drop of moisture off, Continue reading “A Misunderstanding”
Brilliance
The sky was a giant wave, a crashing sea of blue, and the moon appeared to be rolling atop, a silver surfer riding along the rising curl. This universe astounds me, takes me by surprise, this grandeur of God’s creative mind, and I am humbled by the the unbound beauty, the refracted brilliance of lightContinue reading “Brilliance”
A Single Plea
There is one thing I’d like to express today, from the time I step out of my bed until I fall into it again, one small act that carries into all that I encounter, that continues everywhere I go, that becomes bigger than any problem or inconvenience, that spreads to others, this one thing IContinue reading “A Single Plea”
Attending
Another breaking dawn and I have been long awake in the darkness, waiting to hear Your voice, some kind of prompting or that sense of belonging You so often enfold me in when I can not sleep. I am finding that when that ease does not come, when I must continue to beseech and grappleContinue reading “Attending”
A Rare Focus
Sometimes you wait just long enough, patient to let the camera focus, allow the wind to pause, and your hand to steady before taking the shot…. This tiny bit of beauty, a blend of watercolors, lavender, orange, spring-green, each smooth line, each nuanced hue, all that define one unique flower becomes this perfect moment. IContinue reading “A Rare Focus”
The Garden
My hands reach in deep, kneading soil, down and over, loosening the ground, willing it to accept an offering that waits in plastic, an inferior home for roots that long to grow, stretch into the rich humus that He used to form all life. What a privilege to be a tiller, a keeper of thisContinue reading “The Garden”
Little Steward
We talked this afternoon of worlds/ That herd within the sky;/ Of all the majesty and reach/ Of stellar space, till I/ Was grateful to the ladybug/ That crawled across my dress,/ Just for its foolish speckled back,/ And for its littleness. ~Ethel A. Turner, 1921 She scurried up the side of a leaf, pausedContinue reading “Little Steward”
Poetic Meanderings 