Tag Archives: perception

root forgiveness – June 14

Posted on June 14, 2018 by landl30

6.14.2018 I asked the root family for forgiveness this morning, the one’s that I dove deep into, trailing every last noodle to their safe places beneath rocks and ripping them out from probably years of spreading. My back went out … Continue reading →

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so much for eden – April 28

Posted on April 28, 2018 by landl30

4.28.2018 flat calm pond, mated swans and canadian geese paddling near one another   bufflehead ducks dabbling around the edges and new muskrat buildings rise   calm, calming, serene.   two new geese soar in beautifully o’er the tree surround … Continue reading →

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the squirrels are running – August 15

Posted on August 21, 2017 by landl30

8.15.2017 [the squirrels are running] the squirrels are running unseen. but specific branches are moving thirty forty fifty foot up in those trees and there’s no wind. where they prance dance jump twirl in a chase of of passion or … Continue reading →

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easter dinner – April 16

Posted on April 16, 2017 by landl30

4.16.2017 the family feast gone, more food than possible because each brought, made provided more than asked   and consumed, ate, took, less than expected.   but the conversation said hello, and little voices played around the table feet and … Continue reading →

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direct apprehension

Posted on April 8, 2017 by landl30

4.7.2017 hearing God’s voice directly.   asking and waiting for a word.   a sense attribute more lost than found   for secular us. ————

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mid-lent – March 24

Posted on March 25, 2017 by landl30

3.24.2017 mid-lent, when ice starts melting water flows and my heart begins to open to movings other than my own.   mid-lent, mid life, mid storm mid desert places of peace begin to emerge out of places I wasn’t looking. … Continue reading →

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looking up, looking down – March 21

Posted on March 21, 2017 by landl30

3.21.2017 on our walks she sees eagles and I see muskrats   each of us innately looking up looking down   between us hoping that we might scan the world. ============

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taking a moment – February 16

Posted on February 18, 2017 by landl30

2.16.2017 taking a moment to write stop pause and open to the day.   to let flow out what entered in   the cat walking by to sniff and sneeze the dog raising at his name   footfalls careful along … Continue reading →

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January thaw – January 30

Posted on January 30, 2017 by landl30

1.30.2017 there’s something about a January thaw that does a body good.   we walk to the waterfall where the flows pulsing behind a yellowing wall of ice   feed into the widening maw of deep copper below   and … Continue reading →

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snow blue – December 13

Posted on December 14, 2016 by landl30

12.13.2016 snow blue in the moonlight sparkling disney card brightness   as if unreal in contrasts of crisp blacks and whites so real   that eyes flare and cheeks flex in the grin of sheer joy   the gift of … Continue reading →

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