praying place

it's a county road
but i call it
mine

for i have been there
many times

to find
my way
again


"Wisdom sits in places."  -Apache Proverb

"After He had left the crowds, He went out to the mountains to pray." Mt. 14:23
(After I leave the crowds, i head to the backroads.)

made full

the cottonwood

is losing her leaves

it began

last week

and yesterday’s rain

hastened the change

but 

emptiness is beautiful

when arms are held

high

"When we give freely, we feel full and complete; when we withhold, we feel small, petty, impotent, and lacking.  We are meant to learn this great truth, that giving fulfills us, while withholding and trying to get causes us to feel empty and even more needy.  This truth runs counter to our programming, which drives us to try to get something from others to fulfill our neediness, only to end up even more needy, grasping, lacking, and unfulfilled."   Gina Lake

communion

it was evening
when i saw him

there
at the edge of the marsh

we partook
together
of the softening light

he, in his element

and me
in mine


"The deepest level of communication, is not communication, but communion. It is wordless.....beyond speech, beyond concept."  Thomas Merton

"Like when you sit in front of a fire in winter....you are just there in front of the fire. You don't have to be smart or anything. The fire warms you. "   -Desmond Tutu


These images of a Great Blue Heron were taken in Door County Wisconsin.