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Winter’s storm has bent the Hollyhock bereft of its summer’s life and beauty. And yet I have been entranced by its image of elegance and grace. This time last year the air was still filled with the dust of drought and scars from…..
Not all meditation cushions are the same. Maxwell Wildlife Refuge in NM has become my meditation cushion. Can I simply enjoy the hawk’s flight over the mesa and not reach for my camera or fear what I may be missing? Can I be attentive enough to…..
The mystery of whispers that speak one way and then re-whisper to speak another. Had been asked to write my reflections on a Mary Oliver poem. The whisper was so gentle as I gazed into the eyes of the deer……
I have travelled a long path. No doubt there are still a few footprints behind me. A long path awaits, though in time not as long as the one already traversed. But you stopped my steps and tilted your head. You do not…..
Your image, my friend, has haunted me all day. Even without looking I could see you turning and looking at me again. A late scrich tonight, I thought perhaps none would be written, as I could not decipher…..
I cannot take away the mountain’s steepness or sharpness. Nor would I ever ask. The steepness and sharpness are nature’s grace. Instead to be the cloud that embraces them both. Softness becomes sharpness. Sharpness…..
Returned to the morning’s reading as I prepared to go outside and bid goodnight to the moon. I’m often amazed at the constancy of her path and light each night. Some nights it is humbling as I reflect upon an ever so not constant day. I bid…..
The book exercise seemed simple enough – sit on a large piece of paper/cardboard and draw a circle around yourself. The intent was to notice how it felt to draw a circle around yourself and then to step outside and notice any difference. Hmmmmm. I had no…..
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