Well, the Hutchmoot is over. That perfect doxology echoed in the Church of the Redeemer ending the weekend and the little taste of heaven that it was. Hutchmoot was community, beauty and vulnerability. God smiling on us, encouraging all of our tiny (and not so tiny) stuff. Excellent books, spectacular […]
Fall is here in the U.P. never mind the date on the calendar. You may know we have lake effect snow up here. It follows, I guess that we have lake effect rain as well towards the end of summer and into autumn, a harbinger of the storms of November. […]
It smells like beauty here. I rolled the window down an inch and let the wind mess up my hair. I just spent a half hour with a flat iron fighting the frizz but I don’t care much. The dirt and mushroom odor slid in over the glass while a […]
Forest Commuter Poetry Not Fast Enough Two small quick birds flared in my headlights (finches, I think). I hoped for them and felt no impact. Drove on to town and parked to get my coffee. I forgot to to check the grille. I Brake for Deer […]
Thinking. Learning some. Stuff I’ve learned: I’m lazy, selfish and self-centered. Self-concious (as evidenced right here). Other times, thankfully, I’m the opposite. I like that me better. Sometimes I want praise. Praise makes me uncomfortable. I hate being new. I like being known. I don’t need to be the center […]