Surprised by Snow

Surprised by Snow

Surprised by Snow One day you finally knewwhat you had to do, and began,though the voices around youkept shoutingtheir bad advice –though the whole housebegan to trembleand you felt the old tugat your ankles.“Mend my life!”each voice cried.But you didn’t...
The Winter of Listening

The Winter of Listening

The Winter of Listening What is precious inside us does not care to be known by the mind in ways that diminish its presence.   What disturbs and then nourishes has everything we need.   What we hate in ourselves is what we cannot know in ourselves but what...
Pretend You Are a Dog

Pretend You Are a Dog

Pretend You Are a Dog “Here’s why I will be a good person. Because I listen. I cannot speak, so I listen very well. I never interrupt, I never change the course of the conversation with a comment of my own. People, if you pay attention to them, change the direction of...
Janus Geese

Janus Geese

Janus Geese “We all have two lives. the second one starts when we realize we only have one.” – Tom Hiddleston ( or Confucius, depending on search results) Photo Credits: Janus Geese by Susan J. Preston, Monte Vista Wildlife Refuge, Colorado © 2019, all rights...