The weary yeare his race now having run . . . [Now] shall the new yeares joy forth freshly send, Into the gloom[y] world his gladsome ray: And all these stormes […]

        It makes [a song] all right, though you hadn’t thought of it, A [song] like the sound of the sky on fire . . . Whistling and crackling, the explosions of […]

                  Wishing you all the joys of the Christmas season!  

        [T]he lid does not stand in its way, the lash does not count what goes in.   “An Eye, Open” Paul Celan  

      Fishes put to shame all other motion; Even birds in flight Have not their fine mercurial flow, Their swift recoil, their supple pliancy. . . . They are water’s self made manifest[.] […]

              When I imagine all the creatures living within me, within one cell of me, I become a sun.   “Welcoming the Season’s First Insects” James Baker Hall  

              Wishing you a safe, peaceful, joyous, and prosperous 2022!  

                  Sending you warm greetings and heartfelt wishes for Christmas and the New Year!  

      Thanksgiving Day I like to see Our cook perform her witchery. She turns [blueberries] into pie As easily as you or I Can wave a hand or wink an eye.   “Thanksgiving […]

      [W]hen a person recites the Psalms, his own breath awakens the Divine Breath in the words. When one recites the Psalms, it is therefore as if King David himself were chanting them. […]

      Now at the window in the molten sunlight The woman sits, and sorts her silken patches —Bits from this dress and that—shakes out her hair That sunlight, through the window, warms and […]

      You must look without looking to make the perfect circle. The line, the mind must be a blind continuous liquid Until the drawing is complete.   “How to Draw a Perfect Circle” […]

          We are all meant to be mothers of God, for God is always needing to be born.   Meister Eckhart  

      Together, we are a tribe of eyes that look upward, Even as we stand on uncertain ground. . . .   The sky is our common home, the place we all live. […]

        Among the holy weather of winter, one speaks Wisely of many things, believing nothing. Truth only does not cringe from the cold. She passes Clear and incredible through the white weeks. […]

      Amid [the] immensities and uncertainties [of the past year] an ancient festival like Christmas is a temporary refuge of stability. In it we may guard our little personalities, cherish our loves and […]

[W]e gather in gratitude for all aspects of sacredness . . .   May we remember that holiness exists in the ordinary elements of our lives. . .   May the words we speak go […]

    Stay, illusion! If thou hast any sound, or use of voice, Speak to me . . . If thou art privy to [m]y country’s fate, Which, happily, foreknowing may avoid, O speak!   […]

      It is a sultry day; the sun has drunk The dew that lay upon the morning grass . . . [T]he tall maize Rolls up its long green leaves; the clover droops […]