November Whispers
Do treat yourself to a solitary walk during dusk-light—waning effulgence, snuffed out by shadows. Listen to whispers of November’s tattered yellows and browns and hesitant reds, strewn along wooded...
View ArticleFeast of St. Nicholas
Many know the story of Santa Claus, but few know his precedent: St. Nicholas (289–343), born of wealthy parents in Turkey who died in an epidemic. His uncle, bishop of Patara took him in, raised him,...
View ArticleWinding Down
It had been one month, then, one week, now only four days before New Year’s Eve, with its frantic preparations for get-togethers or travel, with its review and planning for 2022. It feels like hurtling...
View ArticleAcademic Dream
At 4:30 A.M., I awoke with this dream: I’ve been invited to the University of Dublin to lecture on my favorite poet. Many students crowd the conference room. I’m surprised by their interest as my grasp...
View ArticleGodiva Chocolate Domes
On Valentine’s evening, yet, another surprise awaited me on my front porch: neighbors had left a card with a lavender box of Godiva Chocolate Domes—double dark chocolate, at that. It prompted my...
View ArticleSplitting
Like hard hats, nubs tip the branches of my old lilac bush, caught up in the play of trickster winds. Over the winter months, the nubs appeared dormant, as if pondering their eventual flourishing....
View ArticleThe Town Musicians of Bremen by the Brothers Grimm
Nothing like a folk tale to engage imaginations and enlarge the world around us—Such is the Brothers Grimm’s Town Musicians of Bremen (1819), still enjoyed by young hearts, six years old or ninety. The...
View ArticleWeight Loss
Whoa! Would you look at that? I mumbled, supporting myself against the vanity in the bathroom. My brown jeans, still buttoned, had slipped over my hips and pooled around my bare feet—evidence of more...
View ArticleThe Return
Although my symptoms continue constricting my life experience to the bare-bones essential, vibrant life still streams through my study windows. Through one of them, male cardinals have flitted among...
View ArticleTaste
Bite into a peach— and taste and see the goodness of the Lord. How blessed is the person who trusts in him. Psalm 34:8
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