Image: Subject and photographer unknown.
Sunday, July 28, 2019
Monday, July 22, 2019
Hare and Hedgerow
Art: “Hare and Hedgerow” Lucy Grossmith.
See also the previous posts:
• Hare in Summer Field
• In Summer Green
• Summer Boy
• Summer Hare (2015)
• A Summer Blessing
• A Calendar of Hares
Tuesday, July 16, 2019
Saturday, July 13, 2019
Divine Expressions
Self-love begins when we embrace our identity as divine expressions of humanity. This knowledge guides behavior toward ourselves and how we show up in the world. Love yourself, love who you are, love your journey. Life will respond in kind.
– Phillip Clark
Image: Subject and photographer unknown.
See also the previous posts:
• Affirming Our Essential Goodness
• The Role of Reevaluation in the Gay Man's Quest for Authenticity
• Face Your Darkness
• Wrestling With the Angel
Tuesday, July 2, 2019
Friday, June 28, 2019
Tuesday, June 25, 2019
Friday, June 21, 2019
A Summer Blessing
season of long days and short nights,
you pour forth light from your golden orb,
energizing the earth and calling forth growth.
Blessed are you, summer,
with your generous gift of heat.
Your warm breath animates creation,
encouraging all growing things to stretch toward the sun.
Blessed are you, summer,
you call us into playfulness,
encouraging us to pause from work.
You renew our spirits.
Blessed are you, gracious season of summer,
you surprise us with a variety of gifts from the earth.
We, too, gaze into the earth ourselves,
beholding gifts waiting to be honored.
Blessed are you, nurturing season of summer,
your fruits and vegetables appear on our tables,
changing them into altars.
Tasting of your life, we are made strong.
Blessed are you, summer,
host of a star that shines with passion.
Sun-soaked, we reach for your energy
that drives us upward and onward.
Blessed are you, sacrament of summer,
nature's green season, sweet echo of spring.
You speak to us in living color as you renew the earth
with symbols of life for our bodies and souls.
Blessed are you, summer,
season of roots that reach for water.
Even through the cracks in the sidewalk
the song of your seed can be heard.
Blessed are you, summer,
season rooted in reality.
Even as the perspiration collects on our brow,
we experience your earthy joy.
Blessed are you, summer,
with your firefly evenings
you minister to the child in us.
You feed our hunger for beauty.
– Joyce Rupp
Excerpted from The Circle of Life:
The Heart's Journey Through the Seasons
Excerpted from The Circle of Life:
The Heart's Journey Through the Seasons
Related Off-site Links:
Hello, Summer 2019! Today's Solstice Marks Season's Beginning – Joe Rao (Space, June 21, 2019).
Today's Summer Solstice Marks the Longest Day of the Year – Here's Everything You Need to Know – Madison Roberts (People, June 21, 2019).
Summer Solstice 2019: How the Longest Day Is Celebrated Around the World – David Hughes (I News, June 21, 2019).
Ancient Traditions to Help You Celebrate Summer Solstice 2019 – Gaia (June 21, 2019).
A Summer Solstice Reflection – The Wild Reed (June 21, 2019).
See also the previous posts:
• Welcoming the Summer Solstice
• Hare in Summer Field
• Summer Hare
• Summer Boy
Image: Photographer unknown.
Wednesday, June 19, 2019
All the Time
And some day
It will begin to happen
Again on earth –
That men and women who are married,
And men and men who are
Lovers,
And women and women
Who give each other
Light,
Often will get down on their knees
And while so tenderly
Holding their lover’s hand,
With tears in their eyes,
Will sincerely speak, saying,
“My dear, How can I be more loving to you;
How can I be more
Kind?”
– Hafez
Image: Saaxiib Qurux Badan (“Beautiful Friend”) by The Leveret.
Tuesday, June 18, 2019
Hare and Meadow Flowers
Image: Photographer unknown.
See also the previous posts:
• Meadow Hare
• Meadow Hare II
• In Meadow Flowers
• Among Spring Blooms
• "I Have Become Your Brother . . . One of Your Kin"
Monday, June 17, 2019
Sunday, June 16, 2019
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