This year, as in many years, there is a double-exposure taking place: a primal transition in nature is appearing at the same time as human ceremonies marking transitions within the sacred. Think of … [Read more...]
An Overgrown Metaphor
My neighbor’s peonies blossomed long before mine and are bigger and more vibrant. What gives? Perhaps she is better than me, and that means her peonies are superior too. I mean, maybe she has done … [Read more...]
A Wednesday Rant: Church, a tool not the thing itself
I am a word weasel, as someone once called me. I do not think in terms of the most direct route from A to B. I am also an extrovert, which means I am within that community of folks who talk out loud … [Read more...]
In this alternate reality
I have a new chair at home, a new old chair. It is not lovely, it is not stylish, it is not a chair I would pick out in a room full of chairs. It is the right size. It is the right feel. It is more … [Read more...]