the scent of frasier fir, tickling my nostrils/driving around town to look at the lights in my pink booster seat/a trembling wire haired dachshund under my hand me down red coat licking my chin as I keep him warm after he’d fallen in an creek while Christmas tree hunting/the nutcracker mug in the cupboard that …
Guest Post: Strength for the Silent Season
This is the season of silence. All year, the natural world has been vibrantly alive—a rich symphony of sound and color and movement. In spring, the woods don the filmy chartreuse of new leaves and welcome migratory birds back from tropical regions. As the days stretch into summer, the trees provide a shady shelter where …
{thankful}
thankful for beauty and for the ugliness which makes the beauty seenthankful for silence and for the chaos which makes me relish peace thankful for love and for the indifference that makes me embrace it thankfulfor hope and for the despair that makes me chase it thankful for loneliness for it helps me treasure friendshipthankful …
Guest Post: Choosing Thankfulness.
January 2020 I was sitting alone in a hotel room in Scottsdale, AZ, exhausted and overwhelmed. The day before, I got up at 4am in Illinois and spent the day navigating airports, hiking a cactus-riddled trail, eating tacos, arriving at the National Make it With Wool contest and attending an informational meeting followed by a …
{winter’s coming}
shorter daysdarker nightscrisper air golden light winds are blowingwinter’s comingcandles burning hearts are humming seasons changing hope’s returning wonder growing hearts are yearning for the time of joy and gladnessa brief escape from all this madness Lord we ache for more of thee come grant us wholeness give us peace In your presence all is …