Monthly Archives: December 2006

They Came

I called in my heart for someone to play in the snow with, for someone to be delighted and squealing and rolling in it.  i wrote my yearning here and then went to bed. past 2 am, all the lights off.  my bed was warm and i snuggled in thanking God for the beauty.  it [...]

It falls and falls

The world is disappearing into snow. it falls and falls. it swallows cars. it swallows everything. i feel as though there is only me. not lonely or isolated or cut off, but just as though there is only me which feels somehow more connected than when i’m aware of there being [...]

Early morning, early winter walk

I woke this morning to the dark before daybreak. 6 am. the sky was clear and the air cool but still. i walked to the end of my street where the ravine and the bridge meet. .When the trees are full you can’t even see the river at their edge but [...]

“…something sacred is about to be born.”

the sun shone this morning and gave the day a sweetness but by the time i got to bundling up to go the grocery store the sky had gone dark and cloudy.  snow flakes float in the air, not falling. Small clumps of snow cling to the sidewalks sporadically like white moss.  Blades of grass [...]

Lifetimes

Since the summer it feels like lifetimes have passed. at least 4. totaly complete cycles of catch and release and growth. i catch myself thinking of summer and it’s love and romance and innocence and how long ago it all was. how long ago the fall was with it’s relinquishing, expanding and [...]