Making baskets seems to be a good topic this close to Easter. I am re-reading the book "Braiding Sweetgrass" by Robin Kimmerer. I just finished the chapter where the author was learning to make a basket from John Pigeon, a Potawatomi basket maker. She described going with him to choose the black ash tree, felling it, followed by the hours of scraping and peeling long, thin … [Read more...] about To make a basket
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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)
Psalm 21 (Psalms on the Trail)
"For you meet him with rich blessing; you set a crown of fine gold on his head. He asked you for life; you gave it to him---length of days forever." Psalm 21:3-4 Reflection: This psalm is written for the coronation of a king (the "him" in the psalm), so I try to imagine these words with music and pomp while some kind of crown is being placed on an ancient monarch's … [Read more...] about Psalm 21 (Psalms on the Trail)