Sweet Surrender
Autumn is, without a doubt, my favorite time of year. John Keats called it the “season of mists and mellow fruitfulness.” Mmm, yes. Our New Mexico skies somehow become even more astonishingly blue. The bosque turns to gold. It takes…
SAME AS IT EVER WAS
Sometimes it seems like everything has changed and nothing will ever be the same. From another angle, though, it looks to me like things are pretty much the same as they’ve always been — amped up, for sure, but basically…
Singing During Quarantine
by Patty Stephens I sure do miss your voices and lovely spirits. Your hugs. It has been four weeks since I touched another human. Sheltering at home is an opportunity for deep appreciation. I am taking it and spending time…
SOFT in the MIDDLE
A man walks down the street, says “Why am I soft in the middle now? Why am I soft in the middle when the rest of my life is so hard?” - Paul Simon Paul Simon wrote this during or…
THIS CHILD IS SPECIAL
by Ramona King My husband and I sat before the computer screen to view the streaming of August’ Wilson’s play turned motion picture, FENCES. We were watching the scene where father and son fistfight. Son protecting mother and father asserting…
Declarations for 2019
I declare — there are things in the world that terrify me, and we’ve got what it takes to face them all. I declare that a holy alignment with Divine Harmony, Intelligence, Love, Beauty, Joy, and Plenty is the most…