I almost missed it. Nose in Bible. Pen in journal. But I looked up. Out into the field. And watched a male turkey try to gain the attention of several females. Who paid him no mind. He fluffed. He fanned. He followed. Back and forth. The caboose on the train. The shovel in the parade. […]
Monday Meditation: Drinking from the Fountain
We spend an hour in the pet store. We read. We compare. We finally decide. On a 60-dollar kitty water fountain. Well, 50 dollars with our discount. Platinum, it says. Because Geisha thinks she can only drink from the kitchen faucet. This morning I fill it up and hook it up and set it up […]
Monday Meditation: In the Becoming
We don’t yet see things clearly. We’re squinting in a fog, peering through a mist. But it won’t be long before the weather clears and the sun shines bright! We’ll see it all then, see it all as clearly as God sees us, knowing him directly just as he knows us! I Corinthians 13:12 (MSG) […]
Monday Meditation: In the Being
I settle myself on the porch step with tea steaming. It’s cold, but snow continues to recede under determined sun. Chortles and trills and tweets and squawks and caws and peeps fill the air. Two geese honk and circle before they land on the pond. Stuff to be done stuffs my brain. But still I […]
Monday Meditation: A Fresh Start
Spring will come. I know this. I feel this. I see it in red crescents on black wings. And in waking earth as it stretches from under white quilt. I hear it in melting tears. A new season is on its way. A fresh start. But time suspends itself this morning in frozen filigree that […]
Monday Meditation: The White Stone
I’m playing with the stones again. I’m fascinated with a small white one. Polished edges, satin slick. But with a small crack and a teeny gouge on the underside. Or maybe it’s the top. Who really knows with a stone? I roll the stone in one palm and then the other. Feel how my thumb […]
The Eyes of a Child
She’s covered in Spanish moss. So’s the carpet. I move a couple chairs in front of the silk ficus and brush off and pick up what I can. I direct her attention to the stacking rings. I stack them. She dismantles them. I stack again. She dismantles again. The cat distracts her. She squawks and […]
Monday Meditation: Storms
For the man sound of body and serene of mind, there is no such thing as bad weather; every day has its beauty, and storms which whip the blood do but make it pulse more vigorously. ~George Gissing Today in the open places, it’s hard to tell where earth ends and eternity begins. Ground touches […]
Window on Writing: Stuttering
Baby toys litter the living room floor. Along with the rolled and taped diaper I forgot to didn’t bother to toss. Wait. There are two of them. Kitchen floor crumbs crunch underfoot. Last night’s dinner dishes teeter on the counter–along with with those from today’s breakfast and lunch. We could eat off the dining room […]
Slowing Down
It’s late. The house breathes silent. Waiting. The night inhales expectant. Breathless. Soft light turns black to gray, illuminates alabaster earth skin. Hushed. Green glows gold and blue and white. I strung the lights and hung the ornaments alone this year. Simple. On sale artificial tree. Just a few color-coordinated ornaments. The rest left in […]
