Mid to End of September 2021


Birthdays 🎂 Beautiful birthday 
Celebrations... on Caroline's 
Dilly's first steps
"Every morning is an entrance to a city." ~ Regula Russelle
"[Grief is for the strong, who use it as fuel for burning. ]" <-- burning? Living! p. 33 Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff

 "How To Find A Poem: Wake with a dream-filled head. Stumble out into the morning,barely aware of how the sun is laying down strips silver after three days of rain..." p.14 What the Heart Knows
"Invocation: The act of calling upon or summoning a higher power for help." p. 17 What the Heart Knows
"Join hands. Right here. Our moment:  starting now." P. 31
Ken had a fabulous yoga opportunity in Dominican Republic 
"...Let it be freedom...Let all walls, rooms, tables, chairs, shrink and crumble, soften..." from "Invocation For Sandcastles" p.23-25 What the Heart Knows
Many Monarchs as we made our way...
 to Onaway, Michigan 
 "Oh yes, says my heart. Whatever the day brings, let it bring.  Whatever the music, let me sing." p.28 What the Heart Knows
Peaceful 
"Quarry Critter"  cute
Remembrance: A memory or recollection concerning a particular person, place, or thing.
"A List of Things That Will Set You Free" by Joyce Sidman

Feet.
Wheels.
            Wind.
            Sunshine.
Words.
Music.
            A voice.
            A touch.
Caring.
Not caring.

Saying to yourself:
            I am too old to do this.
            I am too young to do this.
            I am too smart to do this.
            It’s not my fault.
            It is my fault.
            It is my fault, and I will fix it.
         I can do this."   And I'll add...
Understanding...
VACATION!
eXceptional
"You contain multitudes..." p. 139 Joyce Sidman qtd Walt Whitman in What the Heart Knows
Zagarenski fan :)


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Thirteen by Remy Charlip & Jerry Joyner


At first, the "Unwanted Alphabet" was my favorite part But right before I sent to Madeline, I discovered "The Leaf & The Caterpillar" and started over again
 Discovering something new 

Every time!  Fun!  


Madeline Kate's 13th Birthday gift  

  




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Sweet September 2021

 

"Breaking on the shore of dawn / The harvest of the past / That awaits my hunger,
And all the furthering / This new day will bring." ~ John O'Donohue 
 Sept 4, 2021
"Conversational Nature of Reality " ~ David Whyte interview with Krista Tippett
David Whyte — The Conversational Nature of Reality | The On Being Project 
Ecossephoto recommended. Thank you! again!!
F.R.O.G: Fully Rely On God
Gig workers are independent contractors... [who] enter into formal agreements with on-demand companies to provide services to the company's clients wikipedia Thanks for adding a new phrase to my lexicon, Martin
 “Innocence is what we allow / to be gifted back to us / once we’ve given ourselves away.” from David Whyte's “Ten Years Later” - expanded thoughts by David Whyte “Innocence is, in a way, the ability to be found by the world. It’s not a state of naïveté. It’s the ability to be found by the world you’re now inhabiting. Part of what we find is, we’re just supposed to give ourselves away, actually.”
Joyce Sidman's What the Heart Knows: Chants, Charms, and Blessings, with its magnificent illustrations by the incredibly fabulous Pamela Zagarenski, is both lovely and powerful ❤ 
Koinonia Greek word which refers to concepts such as fellowship, joint participation, the share which one has in anything, a gift jointly contributed, a collection, a contribution.
Martha's terrific card,

note and article about Matrix by Lauren Groff

Okra! grown in a 
Pot on a porch 😋  yum! And today was a
Perfectly beautiful morning for coffee in Stonington 
Reading 4 or 5 books right now. 1 children's 1 cataloged as "teen" or children's poetry, another as "domestic fiction" plus 2 books of prayers, and the Bible...
“Sometimes it takes darkness and the sweet / confinement of your aloneness / to learn / anything or anyone / that does not bring you alive / is too small for you.” David Whyte
author of The Heart Aroused: Poetry and the Preservation of the Soul in Corporate America and Consolations: The Solace, Nourishment and Underlying Meaning of Everyday Words, and The Bell and the Blackbird. His latest collection is David Whyte: Essentials.
“There is a quality of youthfulness which is appropriate to every decade of our life.... The intimacy and care of 
Understanding.” ~ David Whyte
Vulnerability:  "To run from vulnerability is to run from the essence of our nature, the attempt to be invulnerable is the vain attempt to become something we are not and most especially, to close off our understanding of the grief of others. More seriously, in refusing our vulnerability we refuse the help needed at every turn of our existence and immobilize the essential, tidal and conversational foundations of our identity."
Valerie Lorimer source

“eXperiences with poetry where I felt literally abducted, taken away by poetry, just like a hawk had come down and taken me in its claws and carried me off” ~ David Whyte
You are heading toward your demise, but it’s leading towards this richer, deeper place that doesn’t get corroborated very much in our everyday outer world.” ~ David Whyte
Zoë Keating's “Seven League Boots” playing in the backgroun while this was recited by David Whyte at the beginning of the interview with Krista Tippett: "Sometimes it takes darkness and the sweet / confinement of your aloneness / to learn // anything or anyone / that does not bring you alive // is too small for you.


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W is for Wind : A Weather Alphabet and Eternal Echos

Amanda's in Westerly for a reunion with my very first friend  
Blessing shared by Ken at Sunday Yoga in the park
From Eternal Echoes by John O'Donohue
"...Courage to befriend your eternal longing..." ~ John O'Donohue
"...Danger of growth" succumb to it!
Ekphrastic poem written about works of art; in ancient Greece, the term ekphrasis meant the skill of describing a thing with vivid detail. click here to see the image Maura plans to describe using poetry
"Free as the ever-new waves of the sea" ~ John O'Donohue
"Gospel above all else because the Gospel is the best news the world have known" Summit 9/5/21
"Good news of  Peace between God and man" - Father Tom Breath Of Life Christian Ministries Calvary Chapel
H is for Hurricane, first Henri, then Ida, so I read W is for Wind: A Weather Alphabet this week
"I Can Only Imagine" shared by the Magin Family at the beginning of Kelly's Memorial Service
"K is for Knots. If the wind blows, mariners give it a different name, not measured in miles, but almost the same. Sailors know they should take heed, to adjust their sails for maximum speed."
"Live in the neighbourhood of wonder... Love with the wildness of Dance." ~  John O'Donohue
Mary Oliver's "The Poet Is Told to Fill Up More Pages" from Swan: "But, where are the words? 
Not in my pocket. Not in my refrigerator. Not in my savings account.
So I sit, harassed, with my notebook.
It’s a joke, really, and not a good one.
For fun I try a few commands myself.
I say to the rain, stop raining.
I say to the sun, that isn’t anywhere nearby,
Come back, and come fast.
Nothing happens.... this is all I can give you, not being the maker of what I do...
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz. Make of it what you will." ~ Mary Oliver
"...Only need the light when it's burning low / Only miss the sun when it starts to snow / Only know you love her when you let her go
Only know you've been high when you're feeling low... Only know you love her when you let her go And you let her go" Passengers' "Let Her Go"
"...Providence guide your thought and shelter your feeling." ~ John O'Donohue
"...Quickens your soul with wonder..." from "A Blessing" by John O'Donohue's Eternal Echoes
"R is for Rainbow 🌈  When sunlight shines on the rain just right / it gives us a most beautiful, colorful sight. It inspires a promise of hope and love -- a message that seems to come from above." From W is for Wind: A Weather Alphabet by Pat Michaels, Melanie Rose (Illustrator)
"September's sweet afterglow reminds us that sometimes it's difficult to distinguish between bad luck and new beginnings...So lead yourself into temptation with perfectly plausible passions. Life's only sin is a day without desire and a night without thanks." ~ Sarah BanBreathnach
Thank you, Friends, for sharing these gems, your gifts, with the world!
source@ecossephoto
"U is for umbrella. They pop up like mushrooms after a spring rain. Wet city streets transform into a colorful train. A parade of umbrellas, each one a different size.  Still the confusion of whose is is no surprise." ~ from W is for Wind: A Weather Alphabet 
"V is for Vapor. It flows in the wind, a gas invisible to the eye. It doesn't look like water until we see it in the sky. Cloud droplets  💦 form from the vapor we can't see, sometimes on the lawn or a cool glass of tea." ~ from W is for Wind: A Weather Alphabet 
"Xaryia" what a beautiful name I encountered this week.
"...Yin/Yan of artistic Yearning...'You don't do anything,' she told me...
Zilch. Nada. Zip. Wait it out... as graciously as you can, and get ready for a quantum leap in creativiy or consciousness." August 31 Simple Abundance essay: "This Too, Is God" 
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