Walking – June 2, 2020
The floor in this house is wood… wide, old boards.When I walk I am walking on the wood and in the woods.I am walking on the life of these trees.They have been cut and planed… offered upfor this sheltering. Let me remember to offer myselfto be shelter for something in Your world. –Gunilla Norris, Being […]
Entrance – Feb. 28, 2020
Whoever you are: step out of doors tonight, Out of the room that lets you feel secure. Infinity is open to your sight. Whoever you are. With eyes that have forgotten how to see From viewing things already too well-known, Lift up into the dark a huge, black tree And put it in the heavens; […]
Stay Awhile – Feb. 24, 2020
Around me the trees stir in their leavesand call out, “Stay awhile.”The light flows from their branches. And they call again, “It’s simple,” they say,“and you, too, have comeinto the world to do this, to go easy, to be filledwith light, and to shine.” –Mary Oliver, excerpt from “When I Am Among the Trees” Quotations […]
