Yesteryear

Images: Subjects and photographers unknown.

See also the previous post:
• Yesteryear (Part I)
• Yesteryear (Part II)
• Yesteryear (Part III)
• The Art of Wilhelm von Gloeden
• The Art of Guglielmo Plüschow
• The Art of Felix d'Eon

And at The Leveret's brother site, The Wild Reed, see:
• Manly Love
• Reclaiming the Power of Male Touch
• The Archetype of the Double and Male Eros, Friendships, and Mentoring
• A Fresh Take on Masculinity

Hare’s Breath

Image: Marie-Noëlle Bertiere.

See also the previous posts:
• Silhouette
• Hare In Morning Mist
• In Morning Light
• Afoot
• Hare’s Breath (2008)

Headwear

Hats | Caps | Helmets | Headdresses

See also the previous posts:
• Headwear – September 8, 2020
• Mon Bel Ami – January 22, 2015
• Bel Homme – May 20, 2012

The Comet and the Hare

Image: “The Comet and the Hare” (detail) by J. Foley.

See also the previous posts:
• Starlight Hare
• All Is Enchanted
• Lepus
• Over the Moon
• Sacred

Beauty and the Beard

See also the previous posts:
• Beauty and the Beard | II | III | IV | V
• Talking Scruff
• Going Floral
• The Art of Vilela Valentin
• The Art of Saul Lyons
• Bel Homme – March 20, 2020
• Bel Homme – October 23, 2018
• Bel Homme – January 30, 2017
• Bel Homme – September 24, 2016
• Bel Homme – November 12, 2015
• Bel Homme – December 18, 2014
• Bel Homme – October 23, 2014
• Bel Homme – January 30, 2013
• Bel Homme – September 5, 2012
• Bel Homme – August 22, 2011
• Mon Bel Amie

Images: Subjects and photographers unknown.

Solitary Adapter

Unlike the rabbit, the hare is solitary and does not dig burrows, but instead lives entirely above ground. It is able to adapt to a variety of habitats and so is one of the most widely distributed land animals in the world.

– Source

See also the previous posts:
• Mostly Solitary
• Unhoused
• Solitary Hare
• Hare’s Breath

Image: Photographer unknown.

Morning Coffee

See also the previous posts:
• Morning Coffee (2020)
• Morning Coffee (2019)
• Morning Coffee (2018)
• Morning Coffee (2017)

Images: Subjects and photographers unknown.

Winter Rider

Image: Phoebe Capelle.

See also the previous posts:
• Faeries
• Light-Bearer
• Winter Hare

Bel Homme

Image: Ahrah Banga.

For a New Day . . . and a New Year

Compassionate Creator,
Thank you for this new day,
its beauty, light, and possibilities.
Thank you for the chance to begin again,
free from the limitations of yesterday.

Today may I be reborn.
May I become more fully
a reflection of your radiance
and an embodiment
of your transforming love.

Give me strength and compassion.
Show me the light within myself and others.
Help me recognize the good that is available everywhere.

May I be, this day, an instrument
of love and healing.
Lead me in your ways
so that I may know life in abundance.
Ground me in a constant awareness of your presence
so that I may know and embody
your peace, wisdom, and courage.

Amen.

Adapted by Michael Bayly from a prayer by Marianne Williamson
in her book, Illuminata: Thoughts, Prayers, Rites of Passage (1994)

See also the previous posts:
• For the New Year
• Morning Light – January 1, 2013
• Love
• Morning Light XLV
• Reevaluation in the Gay Man’s Quest for Authenticity
• Day 1 of the “7 Days of Sweat Challenge”

And at The Leveret’s brother site, The Wild Reed, see:
• A Blessing for the New Year (2020)
• A Blessing for the New Year (2019)
• Anew
• Move Us, Loving God
• Prayer of the Week – August 3, 2015
• Prayer and the Experience of God in an Ever-Unfolding Universe
• The Prayer Tree

Image: The Leveret.

Light-Bearer

Images: St. Jinx.

See also the previous posts:
• Faeries
• Winter Solstice Blessing
• Winter Solstice (2009)
• Let the Spiral Turn and Turn
• Sol Invictus

And at The Leveret's brother site, The Wild Reed, see:
• Celebrating the Coming of the Sun and the Son
• Reclaimimg the Hour of God
• Christmastide Approaches