Spring at Blackwater – May 4, 2021
He gave the fishher coat of foil,and her soft eggs.He made the kingfishersquick eyeand her peerless, terrible beak.He made the circlesof the days and the seasonsto close tightly,and forever— then open again. –Mary Oliver
Down by the End of Deep Forest Road
On the steeps where greed and ignorance cut down an old forest, an old forest will stand. –Wendell Berry, “Work Song – 2.Vision” Storyteller and mythologist Michael Meade reminds us of an old proverb that says: adversity reveals genius; prosperity conceals it. Something deep in the soul responds to dark times. But what a challenge it […]
