Pale and soft yarns flows through my fingers,in and out, back and forth, while I imagine the one for whom I make thisbeing woven by Another, cell after delicate cell,in the depths of the mother's womb.Praying yesterday: For grandbaby and parents as they grow in hidden and not so hidden ways.The sycamore has slowly being undoing itself; this morning I see … [Read more...] about Small stones, days 13 and 14
Archives for January 2012
Small stone, day 12
I know this small stone is late. I was too tired to write about it ("it" being a moment when I try to be fully present/observant to what's around me) when I got home last night from Prayer around the Cross.Murmurs in the hall, heels on stone, fingers exercising empty euphonium valves, rustling into pews, cough, guitar whispering that strange chord again, cough, … [Read more...] about Small stone, day 12
Small stone, day 11
Eleventh small stone, 20 to go: At dawn the sinking moon and I are walking past a grove of trees---she on one side, I on the other, silent companions watching through the tangle of black limbs.Praying today for the places I will go before the moon rises again.(Check this site to find out about January's 2012 "River of Stones" of which these small stone … [Read more...] about Small stone, day 11
Small stone, day 10
Tenth small stone, 21 to go. (Check this site to find out about January's 2012 "River of Stones" of which these small stone posts are a part.)The cold morning airbears the sharp scentof the absence of growing.Praying today: For new life, creativity and enthusiasm. … [Read more...] about Small stone, day 10
Small stone, day 9
Nine days done; 22 days to go. (Check this site to find out about January's 2012 "River of Stones" of which these small stone posts are a part.)Chickadees dive, wrens dart,Nuthatches hang upside down,Finches cluster, juncoes browse,titmouses wait their turn, a northern flicker bullies,sparrows glean under the holly bush;swoop, swipe a seed, haul the bounty … [Read more...] about Small stone, day 9