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
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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
Celebrating Our Birthdays and Changing the World
In order to make articles and columns available to readers here, I am reprinting them as posts. This first appeared in Moondance, December, 2008. I have now lived fifty years on the one planet in the universe that we know has life on it. In that time, the sun has dawned and set 18,262 times;… Continue reading Celebrating Our Birthdays and Changing the World
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
Once Upon Our Time
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 July, 2009. Once upon our time, a woman lived in a room of twisted mirrors. Though she was courageous, strong, and wise, she saw a cowardly, weak, silly,… Continue reading Once Upon Our Time
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
Do You See Your Face in the Mirror of the Sun?
In order that some of my older Moondance columns are available to readers here, I’m reprinting them as posts. This column was first published in Moondance, March, 2010 This time of year always makes me think of the day almost twenty years ago when I was wheeled into a community hospital during a blizzard to… Continue reading Do You See Your Face in the Mirror of the Sun?
Madeleine L’Engle: A Voice of Wisdom, Honesty, and Vision
I have decided to make Madeleine L’Engle my summer reading project. Usually I wait to write about an author in this blog till I have read a majority of her work to make sure that I am expressing her writing as accurately as I can. You may remember Madeleine L’Engle from A Wrinkle in Time,… Continue reading Madeleine L’Engle: A Voice of Wisdom, Honesty, and Vision
Goddess in a Teapot 