Month: June 2013

  • The Final Gesture

    Tell me what you want to hear and I will say it. But do not ask me what I think, for I will tell you. The time for play, for games has passed and already written legibly, are the words no eye intent upon seeing will miss, or ears intent upon hearing will fail to…

  • A Human Drama

    People are wonderful but persons are an annoyance. Our so called ‘love of people’ serves to hide our very limited love of persons. When we cannot love persons,  what good to say we love people? It costs nothing to love the world.   It cost much to love the ones sharing your space, your pocketbook and…

  • Beggar’s Prayer

    I come with the Grace of all those I beseech, quietly. In all names holy. My work, done with love, in prayerful attendance to life, to acknowledge the birdsong extolling the morning and awakening the sun in triumph over night. Sending the mist to dissipate over the Mount, to nudge the sleeping sages into activity,…

  • Wrongful Death

    We have put so much faith in the medical profession but they ultimately cannot deliver us from death.  Oftentimes in our western culture, agonies are prolonged as surrounding relatives make their peace with what a very wise teacher once said to a student,  the only thing you have to do is die.   The homework is…

  • Loved Into Being

    I said, ‘You have to take it personally, or you cannot play the game at all. The lessons, like plants, cannot be absorbed by osmosis, if they are to reach the head and heart. What would be the purpose of the lesson if it could not be applied where you are? Love is played for…

  • Winner of Common Thread Give-a-way

    I am pleased to announce the winner of our Common Thread Give-a-way.  And she is Julie.    So if Julie will contact me at fromanupperfloor.com I will send a copy of The Last Bird Sings to her.   I hope she will enjoy the book and that it will become a favorite friend to go back to…

  • Common Thread Give-a-way

    It is a pleasure to be a guest on the Common Thread Give-a-way.   Involved are  Kim Gifford  ( Pugs and Pics)      and Jane McMillen ( little house home arts)   and Rachel Barlow (picking my battles)   and then Maria Wulf , fullmoonfiberart.com.    I am offering my book called The Last Bird Sings  to the winner.   Names…