“For a short cleanse or refresh, I like taking a shower. The heat on my back draws my attention into that part of my body, pulling me out of my head into awareness of my whole body. The agenda of life feels so hard-edged sometimes. The water is a live metaphor for washing away anything […]
Month: October 2013
What We Need is Here
“….We open a persimmon seed to find the tree that stands in promise, pale, in the seed’s marrow. Geese appear over us, pass, and the sky closes… And we pray, not for new earth or heaven, but to be quiet in heart, and in eye, clear. What […]
Kindling our Magic
“The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.” –W.B. Yeats Dear Folks, This week I’ve been thinking about a trip I took almost 10 years ago to the bioluminescent bay on Vieques, a little island off of Puerto Rico. One evening, we went sea kayaking with a guided […]