It always happens this time of year; a slowing down, a reluctance to go out, a desire to drink endless cups of ginger tea and a compulsion to lie down whenever possible. This is both a time of great inspiration and great stillness in me. Contemplating what the previous year has wrought and what the […]
spirituality
The Rise and Fall of Choice
“Hostility begins to exist when we think we can choose by whom we shall be nourished. If the web of humanity is in any sense one, then we must choose to be nourished by those of whom we most wholly dislike or disapprove.” Charles Williams What do you do when you find yourself in a […]
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 […]
Drinking in the Dark
And drinking in the dark. For the last few days I’ve been living without electric lights, just a few candles strategically placed, but otherwise, no lights. Letting the light limit me has changed how I feel about my resources, brought me home to myself in a way I had not imagined. In many years, I […]
The Love Strategy
I am writing this morning from a lounger on the porch overlooking the lake. The view is spectacularly relaxing and beautiful. It has been a long time coming, this view. I got here on Monday and it has done nothing but rain since then. Cold rain. I have trudged out in it every day, one […]
Bee-ing and Dying
The sunshine of Autumn is almost painfully sad. I want to sit, more often, lay in it, being so, so still that I can hear every leaf move, every bird chirp, every bug walking by. I can hardly move. I don’t want to move. I just want to lay here absorbing the sun, being ever […]
