Above all else….. be tender and gentle with yourself. – William Martin, from A Path and a Practice I’ve written the post below for my younger sister, who works in a hospital, and for all women. It is dedicated to you all as an ode, a form of direct address, so I’ve put it inContinue reading “Gift of Self-Care”
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Sisters
Sisters, We are being warned, right now, to keep the different ages of our families apart, so the young do not infect the old. This feels unnatural, but it allows us time to create, to communicate in more mindful ways with each other. This means I will be spending more time on nature’s paths, andContinue reading “Sisters”
First Sun of Spring
On the Element of Circadian Rhythm (to set one’s body to the timing of the light) I got the sun in the morning and the moon at night. -song from ‘Oklahoma’ As soon as my body feels the new light, it uncurls and leaps from my bed, hurls me at the day. I spend theContinue reading “First Sun of Spring”
New Year under Moonlight
Without a camera, I’m the one who is captured, pulled by long paths of tree shadows into the moon’s widening pool. I find myself walking slowly inside a black and white photograph, a voluptuous art-deco set, the snow so still– l become afraid to move. I come to stand, like the pole of a compass,Continue reading “New Year under Moonlight”
Element of Being Nourished
After many years in a cold country, I’ve learned to drink steamed soup from a clear bowl, both hands cupped around the translucent sea, eyes watching the sun-coloured limbs of carrots, the acrid yellow of peppers, the bold swell of snow peas in their deep green pillow case. Only moments ago, I felt starved, myContinue reading “Element of Being Nourished”
Nature Infusion
Element of Space ‘Simple as milk’, I think, as I see a Queen Anne’s Lace flower growing by the trailside, dancing like a country lass with any breeze that blows through. Yet the ignorance is all mine. When I trouble to move closer, I find no plain-spread apron, but a zodiac in her lap. OrbitsContinue reading “Nature Infusion”
Gifts from the Trail 