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
"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
Jama's Alphabet Soup: An Eclectic Feast of Food, Fiction, Folderol and Chewy Culinary Verse
"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!
"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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