tiny moments (and everything in between)
The first of the cosmos have come up, self-seeding from last year, and the year before, and…. Along with the zinnias, this summer’s haphazard garden is shaping up. I walk to the shed to get the lawn mower, notice a tomato plant. Another dear plant has self-seeded and, for a moment, my heart skips a beat, reverence rooting … Continue reading reverence
There is ice on the deck, the magnolia blooms are turning brown, spring then back to winter, the weather app telling me it will be spring again this afternoon. We’ll see. Back and forth, a game, a folly. I wonder how my neighbors’ magnolia feels, wonder if it hurts or aches, doubt its enthusiasm for this game. I wonder, … Continue reading maybe
Again - still - there's so much going on. I'm just gonna share three things with you. one This excerpt from Conor Friedersdorf’s article in The Atlantic on January 6: “To knowingly pretend a lie is true is, simply put, to lie,” Yuval Levin complains in National Review. “Doing that carefully enough to let you … Continue reading Three Things on This Friday
over the weekend, i finished knitting a cowl. now i must tell you that i'm not much of a knitter. some of you out there are amazing...i know. me...well, i know one stitch, that's it. but it's enough to make myself a cowl. i'll also tell you that it took me a long time … Continue reading voice
where to begin? you all were fantastic after my post earlier in the week. thank you for your witness of where i am, for connecting that with where you are. and damn if we don't all get it. it's hard to sit in the middle of the muck, even with the zinnias blooming just outside … Continue reading our stories
tomato sauce simmers on the stove and i sit here trying to hear my voice my true voice not the voice i think they want to hear or even the voice i think i want to hear but the voice that i hear in truth the voice that i feel vibrating within pulsing if a … Continue reading breaking surface
i speak of truth and love come close the stories flow in whispers if you sit with me long enough i will spin tales of grace that will stir your soul and inspire you to tend the stories that are your own sending a little love your way, m
does your head ever hurt from the cacophony of voices telling you what to do and how to do it, telling you that if you want to be successful, if you want everybody to like you, then you must do a then b then c? and once your head is hurting from these voices, does … Continue reading truth
i spent some time working in our new garden over the weekend. gently planting seedlings and carefully placing seeds...some so tiny it's hard to believe what will grow from them. i couldn't help but catch my breath at moments. these seeds, these tiny little nuggets of life. the kids are pretty excited about their individual … Continue reading seeds
Michelle GD 