Garden Psalms

Ephphatha — be opened.

Cathedral Trees

  I spent yesterday in the Olympic National Park with an old friend, hiking, spotting mountain goats, and learning about how trees are a lot like humans. The trail to … Continue reading

July 9, 2014 · 2 Comments

Bounds, Too.

  I’ve been taking baby steps. But today, I felt like I was bounding from cliff to bluff to ledge on some supernatural energy that had been lying dormant and … Continue reading

January 7, 2014 · Leave a comment

Cold Peas

Psychosomatic pain. This is what they call the pain in my neck and my lower back that’s been pulsing since last autumn when I returned from Europe. I don’t count … Continue reading

November 27, 2013 · Leave a comment

Yet Even So

Yet even so there is but one world and everything that is imaginable is necessary to it. So everything is necessary. Every least thing. This is the hard lesson. Nothing … Continue reading

October 29, 2013 · 1 Comment

With Whom You Belong

  You find your way To write your song And come what may I hope you find friends with whom you belong I said I hope you find friends with … Continue reading

September 29, 2013 · Leave a comment

Neshama

  What is it that causes us as humans to understand the ocean as something much more than a source of food, as a natural normalcy? [And the Eternal God] … Continue reading

September 10, 2013 · Leave a comment

Sister

“Wait wait there, sis! Don’t go yet! I have something for you!” I have been a sister my entire life. But never have I had an eight-year-old-brother, and never have … Continue reading

September 4, 2013 · Leave a comment