I would love to introduce you to the poet Naomi Shihab Nye, a Palestinian American who lives in Texas. If there was space I would use so many of her poems. Today, I share two. This is the season of returning to school and beginning school. Parents with cameras and hugs send their child throughContinue reading ““Now I understand history””
Monthly Archives: August 2024
“our kingdom come has just begun”
Amanda Gorman is a poet and a prophet. Her words time and again take away our breath while filling us with hope and imagination of what might be possible. I share with you her poem This Sacred Scene spoken at the Democratic National Convention, but addressed to us all. I share her words not asContinue reading ““our kingdom come has just begun””
Skimming Stones!
We have all tried it! The wonder and the magic of being able to skim a stone across a smooth body of water has occupied many a summer hour. One, two, three skips or even four, make us feel like a champion. I was surprised to learn that there is indeed a World Championship forContinue reading “Skimming Stones!”
“England hath need of thee”
The scene above was common place in my teenage years in N. Ireland. It is depressing to see the above image of the events over the past few days in many cities such as Liverpool, Sunderland, Middlesbrough, Bristol, and Belfast, to name a few. In 1802 the Lakeland poet William Wordsworth wrote about London andContinue reading ““England hath need of thee””
” Casey at the bat”
I was 39 when I saw my first baseball game! Growing up in Northern Ireland it was cricket not baseball which was played! Even to this day I still am learning the “intricacies” of baseball and still to this day I have never ever played a game. However, just yesterday joining three others for aContinue reading “” Casey at the bat””
Prayers, Poems, and Christian Ponderings 