Monthly Archives: July 2006
Hope and Darkness
“The Seed is in the ground. Now may we rest in hope While darkness does its work.” — Wendell Berry Was feeling a need for some poetry and opened directly up to this page. I had forgotten — and needed … Continue reading
Praying Without Accounting
There’s no accounting for prayer. “Those pray unceasingly who combine prayer with necessary duties and duties with prayer. Only in this way can we find it practicable to fulfill the commandment to pray always. It consists in regarding the whole … Continue reading
Poem: “What Any Lover Learns”
Water is heavy silver over stone. Water is heavy silver over stone’s Refusal. It does not fall. It fills. It flows Every crevice, every fault of the stone, Every hollow. River does not run. River presses its heavy silver self … Continue reading
Who needs donuts when you’ve got love?
Once in awhile I am so grateful that I am not traveling through adulthood without children to protect me. I am newly 41 years of age, and without kids I would truly feel it. Or worse. Once again, my kids … Continue reading