Working Together – Feb. 16, 2023
We shape our selfto fit this world and by the worldare shaped again. The visibleand the invisible working togetherin common cause, to producethe miraculous. I am thinking of the waythe intangible air passed at speedround a shaped wing easilyholds our weight. So may we, in this lifetrust to those elementswe have yet to see or […]
Honey Bees Wait – Nov. 30, 2022
“If they’re here—all females in a winter hive—they’re clustered together inside (an oak tree), queen at the heart of their sisterhood. The fine, transparent wings they beat hard in summer’s heat—a constant buzzing fan to keep the hive from cooking—they hold, now, folded and still. The tiny muscles to which those wings are attached shiver. […]
Eternal Energy – June 13, 2022
“The Creator of the ends of the earth does not faint or grow weary; his understanding is unsearchable. He gives power to the faint; and strengthens the powerless… Those who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength, they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk […]
Starlings in Winter – May 27, 2022
…Ah, world, what lessons you prepare for us, even in the leafless winter,even in the ashy city.I am thinking nowof grief, and of getting past it; I feel my bootstrying to leave the ground,I feel my heartpumping hard. I want to think again of dangerous and noble things.I want to be light and frolicsome.I want […]
