“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”
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Kindled
When renewal dawns with the early sky in a blush of awakening, and the birds have cleared their voices and begun to sing a day’s new chorus, when I step out and stretch into the possibilities awaiting in the gift of hours, I am kindled into the fire of living, and I wonder how toContinue reading “Kindled”
Clarity
“I experience a period of frightening clarity in those moments when nature is so beautiful. I am no longer sure of myself, and the paintings appear as in a dream.” ― Vincent Van Gogh Van Gogh knew the value of blue, the gift of sunny blooms, the elegant, refracted texture of light — and IContinue reading “Clarity”
Before Dusk
You caught my eye, this slight movement as I watched the sun’s long-lingering rays, slant shafts of yellow layering between shadows beginning to rise…. And I wondered why — you had such a cozy bed, a home of nutrients and shade, so why are you inching up this brick, away from the silken petal ofContinue reading “Before Dusk”
This Life
Now you rise at the first chirping of the birds, but then all their sounds will grow faint. — Ecclesiastes 12:4 Tucked into the green, still so deeply enfolded, until your part on stage begins, a play in thee acts, the bud, the bloom, the fall back into humus. —C.L. Fisher, May 2021 Unless otherwiseContinue reading “This Life”
So Much More
I came that they may have and enjoy life, and have it in abundance {to the full, till it overflows]. — from John 10:10, Amplified Version Cradled by a petal, surrounded by the tranquil scent of the most pleasing roses, I found you here yesterday and again when I returned today, and I find myselfContinue reading “So Much More”
Waking
We felt a chill this morning, a reminder that winter is not sleeping, those icy fingers are still reaching from the waking soil, grasping us in the gray, holding onto the wait before May’s stormy arrival when darkened clouds bring the necessary rains and the earth radiates the heat summer will soon release. The crueltyContinue reading “Waking”
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”
The Giant, Little Life
Who knew the weight, the burden for such fragile wings, and then the added bags of gold that are needed to feed the queen, the double- load that they must carry, no wonder why collective decisions are a necessary reprieve in such a swarming, crowded mass, no way to hear a solitary thought amid theContinue reading “The Giant, Little Life”
Alterations
There is a season (a time appointed) for everything and a time for every delight and event or purpose under heaven— Ecclesiastes 3:1, AMP A season ends — a childhood, an education, a honeymoon, our working life– we begin with a birth, leave with death, and in-between live so many seasons, encounter those life circumstances that change us, hallmarkContinue reading “Alterations”
Poetic Meanderings 