Things Falling Away
I've lately been revisiting David Whyte's work, including one of his audiobooks titled What to Remember When Waking. He suggests having faith in things falling away. It caught my attention because usually we speak of faith in what we judge to be positive: Courage,...
Please Bring Strange Things
I came across a poem by Ursula K. LeGuin (see below) and found it beautiful and timely. The wheel of cycles and seasons has swung around to the resurrection of light once more, and we wish one another a happy new year, each of us with our own hopes and fears for the...
Spinning My Wheels
Sometimes I spin my wheels. I map out a week, a day, a list of directions with mileage and time apportioned to each part of the journey. I ascend the stairs to my expectant workspace, turn on a lamp, plug in a single string of red Christmas lights, light a candle and...