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Sharing and Sacrifice – An Earth Day Message

The other day, an ad popped up that drew my attention. Someone’s daughter had been bitten too many times by mosquitos, so many bites that the dad determined to do away with the mosquito population anywhere nearby. Apparently he invented a mosquito killing gadget that attracts mosquitos from far and wide. Now his daughter luxuriatesContinue reading “Sharing and Sacrifice – An Earth Day Message”

Letting Ourselves Really See

Once upon a time, in a land far far away, there was a lame man, begging in the temple. Every day someone brought this man to the Temple to beg, placing him by a busy gate, in the midst of the traffic. He had been paralyzed from birth, we are told, but we do notContinue reading “Letting Ourselves Really See”

Long Walks and Ancestors

I’m just back from a walk. I didn’t quite make it to 10,000 steps before the rain. Yesterday, thanks to two separate walks with my friends Natalie and Shirley, I managed to log 15,000 steps. I must admit, though, that when I am driving, my IPhone interprets some bumps in the road as steps. IContinue reading “Long Walks and Ancestors”

Today I am 4

Outdoors all by my SELF!Sliding on the BIG hill,ALL by my SELF!It was FUN! Fast and cold!Spin around, fall off,Backwards into snow.I am four!Four times down.Fun and scary.I am four, ALL by my SELF! Cars. A crow. A chickadee.My tummy.Cold on my face.A tear fell down.Smell the trees laughing.Snow like candy. Yum! More!Pink and purpleContinue reading “Today I am 4”

Willow’s Message

Of all the willows on this land,one is very old.Years ago, she fell.She lies broken,partially uprooted,but flourishing. She told me of the falling,of the happy movementthrough the air,and then — the crash,the multiple fractures,the silence. She rejoices,closer than everto her beloved Earth.She reaches down, down,into the mud,and up, up into the sky. She weavesthin branchesContinue reading “Willow’s Message”