GARDEN (AND SOUL) CLEAN UPI worked in the garden this morning. For 2 hours. Pruning, clipping, gathering up debris. Little did I know, My soul was garden…Feb 5Feb 5
Published inJust Below the SurfaceTHE INVITATION TO MAKEEven with the winter quiet, I wonder why it’s hard to hear it? Or maybe it’s not to hear it but to respond to it. Or maybe it’s not to…Jan 22Jan 22
Published inJust Below the SurfaceMarmaladeIt’s my birthday week! I’m turning 60. And I’ve received my first gift. I am a lucky girl!Jan 12, 2024Jan 12, 2024
Published inJust Below the SurfaceVigilanceIf vigilance is what is required. Let me be vigilant about the rhythms of the world. Let me mother a bed of dahlias, Nurturing over months…Sep 3, 2023Sep 3, 2023
Published inJust Below the SurfaceTHE WISEST THING I KNOWThis is the first, the wildest, and the wisest thing I know that the soul exists and is built entirely out of ATTENTIVENESS. Mary OliverFeb 22, 2022Feb 22, 2022
Published inJust Below the SurfaceBiscuitsShe’s a minister day in and day out. And double time on Sundays and youth retreats. But she’s taking a sabbatical. Four precious weeks…Feb 3, 2022Feb 3, 2022
BiscuitsShe’s a minister. day in and day out. double time on Sundays. But she’s on sabbatical. Four precious weeks. Focusing on the space. and the…Feb 3, 2022Feb 3, 2022
Published inJust Below the SurfaceDON’T HESITATEIf you suddenly and unexpectedly feel joy, don’t hesitate. Give in to it. There are plenty of lives and whole towns destroyed or about to…Aug 3, 2020Aug 3, 2020
Published inJust Below the Surface2020Initially, we froze. Frozen in the headlights of a global pandemic. We waited there one month. Two months. Three. And then April. May…Jul 1, 2020Jul 1, 2020
Published inJust Below the SurfacePandemicWhat if you thought of it as the Jews consider the Sabbath — the most sacred of times? Cease from travel. Cease from buying and selling…Mar 16, 2020Mar 16, 2020
