blessings – Page 2 – Poetic Meanderings

Sanctuary

Home is the nicest word there is. — Laura Ingalls Wilder The ache for home lives in all of us. — Maya Angelou You sigh in the evenings, long releases, chimes that mark the twilight hours, you hold memory, years of living that show in each scar from aging, you are so familiar that evenContinue reading “Sanctuary”

Pauses

“Man has created some lovely dwellings — some soul-stirring literature. He has done much to alleviate physical pain. But he has not…created a substitute for a sunset, a grove of pines, the music of the winds, the dank smell of the deep forest, or the shy beauty of a wildflower.” Continue reading “Pauses”

Things We Take for Granted

We took a walk, as we so often do, reflecting and dreaming as we wander around a neighborhood we know so well, same turns down the same streets. We know the houses, have our favorite trees, share nods with the few others who also traipse these paths, usually at the same crossways, but however theContinue reading “Things We Take for Granted”

Hold Steady

Find the small things that bring you joy, moments that usually pass before you step into them fully — hold steady in the beauty of a sunset, in the offering of petals in a garden, in the laughter of children, in the aromas and tastes of an evening meal, in the embrace of your beloved,Continue reading “Hold Steady”

One Thought

My eyes are heavy, drooping down, my hands dragging across the keyboard as I imagine the sun setting in a lavender sky just beyond my window, but I want to record one thought before turning in after a long journey to enter this night’s rest — I am blessed. —C.L. Fisher, February 2021 Unless otherwiseContinue reading “One Thought”

A Simple Life

If we could pull ourselves out of our bone-weighted bodies, away from our masked faces and sanitized skin, and look down on this strange year 2020, what might that new perspective give to our spirit selves not bound to a weariness we drag behind us like millstones? Maybe we would remember the warm welcome ofContinue reading “A Simple Life”