Singing the Sea & Cultivating the Mind of Winter
I was entranced by Wallace Stevens’ poem “The Idea of Order at Key West” when I first read it in …
Category Archives: Spirituality
Finding Holiness in this Holiday Season
As I leave to spend Christmas with family, knowing I’ll not return here to post more before the new year …
Blessings & Boats, Poems by Collins & Clifton
May you and your loved ones, near and far, have a Blessed Thanksgiving. blessing the boats BY LUCILLE CLIFTON(at St. …
Listen to the Trees, a Sermon from Hermann Hesse
I came across the following essay about “preacher trees” from Hermann Hesse and thought I’d share it with you along …
Birthing & Rebirthing, A Constant Becoming
When my granddaughter was born my heart fell apart and I became a new thing. We’re astounded again and again …
Parenting Advice from The Prophet
Your children are not your children.They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself. They come through you …
Travelers on a Cosmic Journey
We are travelers on a cosmic journey, stardust,swirling and dancing in the eddies andwhirlpools of infinity. Life is eternal.We have …
Evolution Entwined with Love
I like to think this all has meaning, this grand scope of things from the birth of stars to the …
O Holy Night, What Stars Give Birth To
“Silent night, holy night, all is calm, all is bright.” The single-most, salient symbol of Christmas, for me, is a …
The Desire for a Higher Lovemaking
I was struck by the phrase “a desire for a higher lovemaking” when reading Goethe’s poem “The Holy Longing.” It …
