Category: Healing
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A Weekend for Creativity
Today is cold and clear. Long morning shadows spill across the landscape and the local birds are beginning to defend their territories. Our witch hazel is on the verge of blossoming and buds are swelling on other trees. The weather becomes warmer and wetter by Wednesday. Yesterday Jennie’s son, Daniel, and his wife, Katie, had…
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Reading Jane Kenyon
A cloudy, warmish day, quite a change from recent weeks. Maybe some showers later. Perhaps a walk this afternoon. I’ve been reading Jane Kenyon’s Collected Poems. She lived the last couple of decades of her leukemia shortened life in a New Hampshire valley. Her house, the weather, farming, the natural world, pets, and her relationship…
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St. Valentine’s Day
The post discusses the contrast between a bright Valentine’s Day and the destruction wrought by colonizers and contemporary powers. It reflects on St. Valentine, historical injustices, ecological devastation fueled by consumerism, and the troubled outlook on humanity’s future. Yet, it also emphasizes the importance of empathy, connection, and a long-term perspective amid despair and beauty.
