Having just spent the past few days re-reading some of Keats’s poetry I am reminded of his delight in the beauty in the landscape which he saw all around him as he undertook his long walk through Scotland in 1818. His fellow Romantic poets, Hopkins and Wordsworth were also eager to write about the beautyContinue reading “God’s Grandeur”
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A steady cadence.
A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of spending a few days in the south west corner of North Carolina. Renting a cabin in the woods in the Smoky Mountains provided a wonderful opportunity for walking in the woods. Many of my walks were made more pleasurable by the steady cadence of fast flowingContinue reading “A steady cadence.”
To a Mouse
On the last page of the October issue of The Atlantic there is a lovely story by staff writer James Parker, Ode to Squirrels. Here is an excerpt as he talks to the squirrel as it evades his dog “You evade him always, corkscrewing around a tree trunk or dancing ninjalike along a fence. HisContinue reading “To a Mouse”
Welcome back the Trees!
Thursday April 22 is celebrated as Earth Day! How sad that we have to be reminded that it is all around us, above and below, to the left and to the right, and we are called to live in harmony with the earth which sustains us, nourishes us and delights us! Yes, the earth isContinue reading “Welcome back the Trees!”
Prayers, Poems, and Christian Ponderings 