The Right Balance – Dec. 6, 2018
“To fuel his life, winter leaves him only seeds. As the cold sharpens, he needs more seeds to fuel his furnace to its 105-degree Fahrenheit survival heat—just when other seed eaters also need more and snow is apt to cover the uneaten seeds… Too little fat, and he will fall. But too much fat, and […]
Communion Warmth – Dec. 5, 2018
“Now the shorter, darker days have shut off the tap of her reproductive hormones. Missing them is part of the reason her body mass shrinks and easily loses heat. But without those fierce mating and maternal juices, she gentles; she’s willing to welcome neighbors, kin or not, into her nest. Then, when each, alone, is […]
Flexibility is All – Dec. 4, 2018
“A tiny master of risk assessment, he calculates and recalculates all winter long. There’s no formula, no group-think to fall back on. Flexibility is all. Each chipmunk must, for and by himself, consider which of several choices will most likely bring him through the cold dark days to the other side of winter, strong. He […]
Quiet Trust – Dec. 3, 2018
For the beginning of Advent, the daily reflections for this week come from Gayle Boss’ book, All Creation Waits: The Advent Mystery of New Beginnings (Paraclete Press, 2016). “…though she is dissolving, every stressed particle of her stays focused on the silver bead of utter quietude. It’s this radical simplicity that will save her. And […]
