An Angel Came to Earth with a Torch and a Pail
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I’ve taken myself to the beach for the first time in a long while: craving the sea. It does not disappoint, doing the same thing it always does. Keeping its promises. Today, holding its temper: a cheerful churn at the…
My friend Caroline and I took a field trip to the Donelson branch of the Nashville Public Library, newly renovated. The Dollar Tree was practically next door, along with several unremarkable strip malls. The Library itself took our breath away…
I picked up a book for its title, “Things in Nature Merely Grow.” I liked its green ombré cover in shades of moss and was familiar with the author, Yiyun Li. Soon I felt both horror and awe: this is the book Li wrote…
“Wabi Sabi” is a small and lovely book that feels good in the hand – and the heart. Beth Kempton, an Englishwoman, has spent much of her life enchanted with Japanese culture. In this 2018 book, she tries to explain…
Good morning, friends! This special opportunity at LeQuire Gallery and Parnassus books came to my attention and I wanted to share it with you… For more information about the artist and her current exhibit at LeQuire gallery please click here….
Seen at the North Carolina Botanical Garden, and Recently Spring ran wild loose ribbons in her hair a riot of pink and purple and red and yellow and blue. One day, she knew, she’d leap into the strong green arms…
Read this Mary Oliver poem at your own risk, friends. I had forgotten that Oliver can be so gruesome as she pins down the butterfly… The Rabbit Scatterghost, it can’t float away. And the rain, everybody’s brother, won’t help. And…
“…. I set off in search of a cup of tea. At Hakujukan, the lodge next to Eiheiji, I encountered a friendly [Buddhist] nun with a kind, open face. I asked her a question, and we fell into easy conversation.”…
On a Snow-Kissed Day, A Question Why do we feed the birds? Tell me, friend, and maybe then I’ll know what I need to know. The Sherman brothers – Richard and Robert – wrote “Feed the Birds” for the 1964…