So heavy is the long-necked, long-bodied heron, always it is a surprise when her smoke-colored wings open and she turns from the thick black water, from the black sticks of the summer pond, and slowly, rises into the air and is gone. Then, not for the first time or the last time, I take a deep breath of happiness, and I think how unlikely it … [Read more...] about Thank you, Mary Oliver
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Psalm 49 (Psalms on the Trail)
But God will ransom my life and snatch me from the jaws of death. Psalm 49:15 Okay, this menacing creature is fairly harmless. It's either a wolf spider or a nursery web spider---I don't know which. So maybe this photo isn't a good illustration for this psalm verse, because Psalm 49 is a "wisdom" psalm that teaches about the inevitability of death and the way that death … [Read more...] about Psalm 49 (Psalms on the Trail)