To Be of Use – Aug. 2, 2022
The people I love the bestjump into work head firstwithout dallying in the shallowsand swim off with sure strokes almost out of sight.They seem to become natives of that element,the black sleek heads of sealsbouncing like half-submerged balls. I love people who harness themselves, an ox to a heavy cart,who pull like water buffalo, with […]
O Dust, Arise! – Apr. 22, 2021
The clearing rests in song and shade,it is a creature madeby old light held in soil and leaf,by human joy and grief,by human work,fidelity of sight and stroke,by rain, by water onthe parent stone.We join our work to Heaven’s gift,our hope to what is left,that field and woods at last agreein an economyof widest worth,High […]
Love Your Enemies – Feb. 22, 2021
Jesus said, Love your enemies. From a hidden place,unite with your enemies from the inside,fill the inner void that makes them swell outwardly and fallout of rhythm: instead of progressing, step by step,they stop and start harshly,out of time with you.Bring yourself back into rhythm within.Find the movement that mates with theirs—like two lovers creating […]
