Posts from the ‘discovery’ Category
Looking at you, Joy! I am looking at the feathery fingers of purple Mexican Sage bush as riotous in their movement as in their beauty, a contrast to the quiet lavender shed they stand next to. I am not looking at my recently deceased brother’s red tool chest tucked safely inside the shed, but I […]
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I received a very late b’day card … Reasons I’m happy you were born, it read. The sender is one of my children. The 10 reasons written made me weep. I often receive other cards from my other child, post cards from travel destinations, thank you notes, etc. Both of these remarkable human beings treat me as […]
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As we stand at the gateway, a summer stretching out in front of us, this quote is particularly meaningful to me. Full quote: “Everyday when I awake, I am torn between saving the world and savoring it. It makes it hard to plan the day.” And that reminds me of another poem by David Whyte What […]
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“When you’re very sad, the only thing to do is to go learn something.” Merlin to Arthur in The Once and Future King. (Full passage below). For those of you reading this who are intimately familiar with loss and sadness right now, this is particularly for you. But it is for the rest of […]
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“There’s that feeling you get when you see something that you don’t understand the origin of … wonderment.” The Brooklyn artist Swoon was quoted as saying this in the New York Times and when I read it so many things came together for me. Why adults and adolescents love small children. Why it can be […]
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