Let me just start out by saying I was not born in August. I was however, born again yesterday. Yesterday I finally fell into Summer. I walked slowly down the drive, which is really more like a country dirt road since it goes for a good quarter mile, tracking my perceptions. Time slowed down. Time […]
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The Power of the Personal
You might imagine that you are not that different from day to day, that your body looks relatively the same, that your wants and needs remain familiar most of the time. But I think if you attend closely, you will find that there are many subtle and not-so-subtle changes that lend specific detail and depth […]
Angels and Mermaids
Last November while I was on the West Coast, I walked to the beach one morning. It was a Fall morning of exquisite beauty. So pink the light, so glowing the sand, so utterly awesome. Still, it wasn’t only beauty that began to envelope me, it was a kind of sadness that I could nearly […]
Water From The Well
Poison ivy vines wrap the trees thoroughly and the air seems to have more water than the stream. Late summer and time for a long cool drink of water. The stillness and the sounds are mesmerizing and I wish to sit in the sun and bake, though that is only plausible for a short time […]
The Hummingbird Heart of One Taste
It is fitting, that here, for the first post at Fire and Essence, the topic is hearts. When we say heart, we usually mean warmth, light, things that a fire provides. When we mean essence, we often say, the heart of the matter. What we might mean is the deepest, most vital part of the […]
