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Listening to the soul of the natural world
It’s the rainy season and all around me nature is cycling at break neck speed: entropy/regeneration, entropy/regeneration, e/r, er, er ,er ,er, ererererererererererererererererrerer. The ceiling of my kitchen is snowing salt from the constant leaching from the rain on my cement roof. My view from the windows is the underworld life of the backside of…
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Sophisticated Simplicity
There is no greatness where there is not simplicity, goodness, and truth. Leo Tolstoy Sophisticated Simplicity – by Duane Elgin, syndicated from ecoliteracy.org, Apr 29, 2014 What kind of “stewardship” fits our emerging world? When we consider the powerful forces transforming our world — climate change, peak oil, water and food shortages, species extinction, and more —…
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Circles …
This season of Lent has me thinking of circles. As we make another pass through the liturgical year I experience again the familiar rhythm of this season, its signs and changes, a closing of winter, an inkling of undefined new things. The ancient road of catholic discipline brings me again to this place of anticipation. …
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Feast of Epiphany
The festivities of the Christmas season are winding down. Chayo and Roberto returned to school today. As I drove Chayo down to the village in the morning darkness to catch the bus we were captivated by a bright star over the ocean. Maybe it was the morning star. I thought of yesterday’s celebration of the magi and…
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This has been our Advent …
The last post was the beginning of the Advent season. The recent weeks since then have been full and rich. It has been a time of preparation and also of waiting and that is what is meant by Advent. Specifically, we have been preparing for Chayo and Roberto’s baptism. This is a process that began…
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Advent – a meditation on hope
This painting moves me. I have a book of paintings of the Annunciation. I am drawn to the renderings of something so powerful and mysterious as an encounter with a call to purpose. There is no inkling of the cost. It is the beginning of great and terrible expectations, a swelling of spirit. I particularly…
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Thanksgiving
Another Thanksgiving – how comforting to make another cycle around another year and we are still here, still thankful. I hope this is how you are feeling too. It is the simple daily blessings that nurture us and keep our hearts topped off with gratitude. God’s ways are so perfect: with the overflow of thanks…
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Joining the saints …
I have been experiencing life very intensely lately. It is a combination of the loss of close companions and relatives in juxtaposition with the lively, lovable, presence of Chayo, our 13 year old goddaughter and Leah, her 2 year old sister. I am simultaneously letting go and embracing something new. The letting go is not…
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Word for the day: BUBULUBU
Chayo turned 13 this week. She is one of our god-daughters. We had a family celebration at her Aunt Rosa’s with roasted turkey, fried rice and a giant Bubulubu birthday cake (it’s more fun to say “bubulubu” than to read it). In Mexico, a Bubulubu is kind of junk-food cake like a Twinkie but it has either…
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A few thoughts about Penny …
We lost Penny on Friday to old age. She was my dog from Virginia. Her passing was as gentle and quiet as she was in life. Her friendship has been a constant for the past 12 years. I savor what she has taught me. When I first rescued Penny, she was a pup with a broken leg. I…