All animals are smothered in their lairs. I am too absent-spirited to count; The loneliness includes me unawares. —Robert Frost I see frozen limbs reaching toward a snow-heavy sky with no wind and only a muted ray of light as if a shade has been drawn under heaven, and I stand for just a fewContinue reading “Bright Song”
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Stardust
He made all the stars—the Bear and Orion, the Pleiades and the constellations of the southern sky. — Job 9:9, NLT I wonder if stardust has ever settled on my cheeks on one of those clear cold nights when I step out and turn my face up; there is no warmth in the moon, butContinue reading “Stardust”
Autumn’s Kiss
For everything there is a season, a time for every activity under heaven. — Ecclesiastes 3:1, NLT The once long leaves have curled in; this sun seeking flower pulled up the covers and rolled down the shades, a weary bloom asleep in the gray haze of dawn, a certain sign that summer is settling back intoContinue reading “Autumn’s Kiss”
Open Invitation
I wonder what You look like as You listen; I can never envision a face; I just feel a nudging presence, a calmness, an open invitation to speak or just listen. In the dark night watches, those 3am awakenings, I often imagine the sky and ache to fall past that expanse of deep blue intoContinue reading “Open Invitation”
Chasing Kites
My heart in hiding/ Stirred for a bird, — the achieve of, the mastery of the thing!” — from The Windhover by Gerard Manley Hopkins We have a pair of kites in our neighborhood, but you must have a sharp eye to find them. I am constantly looking to the sky and in the limbsContinue reading “Chasing Kites”
Shimmering: A Fairy Tale
They saw a bow and cello under a quaking aspen tree; curious, they followed barefoot imprints down a garden path filled with bees and butterflies amid pink, lavender, and vibrant yellow wildflowers, no petal or stem disturbed. They continued to pursue her through a winding forest track, a dense green thicket filled with fragrant violetsContinue reading “Shimmering: A Fairy Tale”
Soli Deo Gloria
All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms because we are united with Christ. –Ephesians 1:3, NLT If my soul could be set in staff, the notes and rhythms of my heart recorded just when the stings of emotion pullContinue reading “Soli Deo Gloria”
Cello Dance
“Music is the divine way to tell beautiful, poetic things to the heart.” – Pablo Casals. I plug my ears with cello song, breathe in deeply and slowly release air, stress, and all that is negative; the bow takes me to mountains, then through a green glade, and I finally find myself barefoot in sandContinue reading “Cello Dance”
This I Love…
A crooked smile of a mischievous child, pudding smudges telling the rest of the story; sharing a blanket with my hubby while snuggling in our evening cozies; a chance meeting with a friend that leads to coffee and a lingering conversation; an afternoon chasing butterflies and watching the busy flight of a lone bumblebee; sunriseContinue reading “This I Love…”
