What you fear will not go away: it will take you into yourself and bless you and keep you.
For My Young Friends Who are Afraid There is a country to cross you willfind in the corner of your eye, inthe quick slip of your foot–air fardown, a snap that might have caught.And maybe for you, for me, a high, passingvoice that finds its way by beingafraid. That country …
To love another is something like prayer and can’t be planned
Admonitions to a Special Person Watch out for power, for its avalanche can bury you, snow, snow, snow, smothering your mountain. Watch out for hate, it can open its mouth and you'll fling yourself out to eat off your leg, an instant leper. Watch out for friends, because when you …
communicate slowly
How To Be a Poet by Wendell Berry (to remind myself) i Make a place to sit down. Sit down. Be quiet. You must depend upon affection, reading, knowledge, skill—more of each than you have—inspiration, work, growing older, patience, for patience joins time to eternity. Any readers who like your …
a remedy for insomnia
A Remedy for Insomnia Not sheep coming down the hills, not cracks on the ceiling— count the ones you loved, the former tenants of dreams who would keep you awake, once meant the world to you, rocked you in their arms, those who loved you . . . You will …
love is a place and yes is a world.
April is National Poetry Month, a celebration of words (and the images they create) that I always mark here on 37days with a poem each day during the month. Poetry helps us pause, to see, to equate. Poetry helps us breathe space into our day. Pause with me every morning …
I’m going out and about! My simple wisdom tour…
My red boots and I are hitting the road to celebrate my newest book, What I Wish for You: Simple Wisdom for a Happy Life! I'd love to see you at one of these upcoming events where I will share the six pieces of wisdom for a happy life that …
a month of stories.
I truly adore this project, 3x3x365, and the women involved. Truly adore. Because the shortest distance between three people is a story… and each of these photos has a story that I now know, that has been embedded in me through this daily process of noticing, and of telling. Life …
happy birthday, johnny.
This is the real Johnny. I love him. Today's his birthday. Number 55. I met him 23 years ago. My best friend, the father of my children, my love. Crazy, funny, big-hearted, brilliant man. Happy birthday, Johnny. Here's an essay from 16 February 2006, to say happy birthday to him …
new journeys.
I am taking some new journeys this year, and would like to invite you to join me. Becoming bendy : a new blog to document a year of mindful eating and moving. This post will explain why I started this journey on January 1st. Today is the 37th day of …
Never be afraid to shout out.
I am still celebrating the 6th anniversary of this blog! Why not? Here's a guest post from Missy Butler Reed about our first meeting — like the last post from Joshua Durst, I am so in awe of the serendipities of life, of the chance moments of meeting on this …
