"The best way out is always through." Robert Frost, American poet, "A Servant to Servants" We could easily have made a different choice, possibly the wrong choice. Call it Providence, call it an unknown mapmaker's skills, call it a strong desire not to wind up on a Weather Channel disaster-in-the-woods special. Whatever made us keep… Continue reading The road almost not taken
Category: spiritual life
The sole source of joy
"You are not a human being in search of a spiritual experience. You are a spiritual being immersed in a human experience." Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, French philosopher, priest, scientist They will soon be here. A bit like a monarch, but think bigger stripes and black and white instead of black and orange. Zebra swallowtails… Continue reading The sole source of joy
A not-thirsty land
"Rainy days should be spent at home with a cup of tea and a good book.” Bill Watterson, American cartoonist It is morning and it is raining, the puddles outside the window looking more like September than high summer. The same weather system that is keeping parts of America bone dry has sent a conveyor… Continue reading A not-thirsty land
A sense of place
“There are no unsacred places; there are only sacred places and desecrated places.” Wendell Berry, American author All this week, I have been mentally revisiting a place that I hold sacred. The Indiana Dunes is the place of my childhood, the place where I fell in love, the place that appears without fail in any… Continue reading A sense of place
Smallering and smallering
"I meant no harm. I most truly did not. But I had to grow bigger. So bigger I got." Dr. Seuss, "The Lorax" The house-predecessor who designed our garden had a sense for dramatic sweeps of color. Right now, the backyard is glowing orange with Stella d'Oro lilies, trumpet vine and daisies whose blooms are… Continue reading Smallering and smallering
Nora Edinger -- JOY Journal 