I’ve been musing all day about a fascinating dream image from last night. While walking through very deep snow in a middle-of-nowhere kind of place I stumbled into an underground chapel; I fell into a hole and there it was. As I slipped down an outside roofline, I almost fell
Oona Pearl Morris
Hannah Sutton
Sleeping porch
I tried to line these pictures up, but obviously I am technologically challenged. I uploaded them so that I can share some of the the wonder of this Easter weekend. On Good Friday I met my new friend, Oona Pearl, daughter of RB and
I haven’t worn a cross in years due to inner conflicts about how the story of Jesus gets turned into judgement of others, separation among people, self-righteousness and condemnations. But yesterday, Good Friday morning, I had a sudden impulse to dig into storage and pull out a sweet little cross my ex-husband
Today was a day to describe just to give an idea of the preciousness of life here on the mountain. It was a blue sky, warm weather day. I have decided to put in a bigger garden this year than I have ever done – I’ve usually only had kitchen-type
After whooshing speedily down a waterfall, the stream right away takes up its slow meandering pace again. So goes nature and life. Something shifts, earthquakes happen, lightning strikes – and then we’re back to geologic time. The effects of a shake-up that occurs rapidly present themselves in time, with subtlety and choice
The Full Moon is staring right in my window, like a great eye looking at me. Strangely I feel seen by it. It’s electrifying. Driving home tonight an owl flew in front of my car and landed on a tree next to the road, stopping to stare at me. I stopped the
In The Duino Elegies Rilke stated, “Every angel is terrifying.” I agree. When the vast realities of the other worlds break into our own, a multitude of responses arise in us. Terror is definitely one of them. Our little lives are watched over, and though we don’t always feel it we
The essence of life is change. I’m getting ready for a big one. I feel it and know it. It’s exciting and disconcerting and calls for presence to the moment. Listening. Acceptance, trust. The heart has to be wide open. More later.
I have heard from a number of friends of their disappointment in the American people for the vitriol over the Health Care Reform Bill. During the first day or two after it was passed, as I looked at the number of states that were jumping on board to sue the
I have just purchased seeds for my garden, and look forward to putting them in the ground and watching them grow. Tomatoes, lettuce, greens, and several others as well as a variety of flowers. These little tiny seeds will spring forth with all of this beauty and nourishment.
I’ve been hearing in