In order to make articles and columns available to readers here, I am reprinting them as posts. This was first published in Mused: The Bella Online Literary Review in Spring, 2009. A few days ago, I looked out of my study window and witnessed a stunning sunset. The plum and rose radiance, the stark streaks… Continue reading The Wisdom of the Silent Sunset
Category: Everyday Life
The Winter Queen of the Soul
In order to make articles and columns available to readers here, I am reprinting them as posts. This first appeared in Moondance, December, 2008. Where I live in New England winter’s snow cover makes the land seem frozen into eternal barrenness. Yet, during this cold season, nature labors below the surface to recreate the earth;… Continue reading The Winter Queen of the Soul
Now Is the Time to Take Flight
In order to make articles and columns available to readers here, I am reprinting them as posts. This appeared in Moondance in March, 2009. Lately it seems as if a chaos-making sludge has seeped into the inner mechanics of the world. Each morning when I wake up, one more thing I took for granted is… Continue reading Now Is the Time to Take Flight
Diving Into Dark Blessings, Standing in the Light
In order to make articles and columns available to readers here, I am reprinting them as posts. This was first published in Mused: The Bella Online Literary Review, Fall, 2008. Once again, the time has come to celebrate the Autumnal Equinox when the day and the night are each exactly twelve hours long. On only… Continue reading Diving Into Dark Blessings, Standing in the Light
The Art of the Falling Leaf
In order to make some of my columns and articles available to readers here, I am reprinting them as posts. This was first published in Moondance in September, 2009. Fall in New England is when nature’s beauty shifts to a deeper, starker, more mysterious artistry that is awe-inspiring. In spring and summer, everything works together… Continue reading The Art of the Falling Leaf
Making the World Our Winter Home
In order to make some of my columns and articles available to readers here, I am reprinting them as posts. This was first published in Moondance in December, 2009. During winter, home is the sun around which an ever-tightening orbit of my life revolves. As the first snow falls, I retreat into the cocooning sanctuary… Continue reading Making the World Our Winter Home
Walking into the Embrace of Night
Lately I have been absent from cyberspace due to changes in real life that have also given me the gift of walking in the nighttime. Every day, I walk a mile and a half just after dusk on a road that has few streetlights and ambles through wooded areas which, especially when the night sky… Continue reading Walking into the Embrace of Night
Celebrate Your Muses: Your Gateways to Inner Worlds
I have stared out my kitchen window several times a day for over 20 years and only yesterday did I notice that I have a woman emerging from the closest tree. From several different angles, a female figure is clearly stepping out of the tree’s gnarled bark. Now, do I believe that there is a… Continue reading Celebrate Your Muses: Your Gateways to Inner Worlds
The Languages of Life
I recently took one of those tests which tells you which “intelligences” you possess, whether you are good at math, interacting with others, writing, music, or a host of other things. One, which had just been included but, the testmaker said, may or may not be an “intelligence,” was “nature.” To me, nature isn’t an… Continue reading The Languages of Life
Kissing Your Hand to the Moon
Our troubled economic times have come to my house. We weren’t really too surprised, and with half a million people laid off last month in the US, we are certainly not alone. As I frequently do when I am troubled, I went out to look at the moon, to rise above the place of my… Continue reading Kissing Your Hand to the Moon
Goddess in a Teapot 