structure and meaning
The learning goes ever on, but we called this the last day of school.
The Trumpet of the Swan – E.B. White
I intend to get you what you need. I don’t know how I will manage this, but in the fullness of time it shall be accomplished. – said the cob to his son who had no voice Inspired by the Trumpeter Swans I see on my walks each day, I got a copy of The …
blue sky sunshine!
I’ve found the sunshine vitamin works best when taken with a blue sky.
nutrigold to the rescue
The sunshine vitamin matters in so many ways that I can tell.
First Fruits
Bright red stalkschopped and readyto serve as our first taste of the season.
tricky time tracker
The sun still sits high in the overcast sky at 8:30pm.
Spring! she is the resurrection
The color greenevery direction now – soul-filling,life-giving green.
after the storm
Lightning, thunder, hail, and then a view of that moon in the evening sky.
Both/And (v.spring)
I shovel to think and I shovel because I do not have to think.
rooting in the unknown
To live herenow is to plant a row of apple trees in the backyard.
#traumaticbraininjury
Broken Bridgeswith detours yet unknown, not learned –Flash Flood freaky brain.
to fill my heart
My boy came in from his garden with a fist full of goldand that smile.
whatcha thinking?
I see youlooking at melooking at you – are you counting beats too?
for these long grey days
Surprisingly relevant on the 10th of May, little lights shine on.
weeping, we pray.
Our family watched the History Channel’s Jesus: His Life miniseries over Easter weekend. I learned about it via Scot McKnight on twitter awhile back when he mentioned that he had consulted on the project and was eager for people to see it. My attention was further perked by the list of advisors – people you …
tern at the table
A stall in the flight paththen sudden drop and head first splashfor dinner.
rainy day bright side
Our landscape is coming to life this week like a paint with water book.
Ginger’s Garden #2
It may be that Ginger thinks she needs to incubate her carrot seeds?
Sign says….
This is Ginger’s Garden – planted for the dog who picks her own carrots.
on this day so grey
Praise for the greenspring leaves, unfolding new lifein a promise well kept.
Water Is Life
Today I ran for the voices I’ve heard:in needin hopeand in joy.
The last of our snow is gone!
Tonight we had a fire,marshmallows,and plans for summer fun to come.
Carr-Gottstein Park and Beyond
Hey, I want to show you something, said my friend, as she steered her truck off the north-south Minnesota thoroughfare and navigated west, through a maze of neighborhood streets I’d never be able to retrace. It was a warm Saturday afternoon in July. (seriously – 70 degrees!) and we’d just been downtown at the Skinny …
waiting
Walking the pathwatching for green but what does it mean –to wait with hope ?