June 12, 2025

Image: Barbara Ryther Waiting   Far below the canopy beneath the understory the fern waits   Liquid blue reflections hint enigmatically at the bright sky above   Hidden lakes of lily-of-the-valley scent the heavy shadows that weave around it  ...

May 15, 2025

Image: Barbara Ryther  Spring By the time you read this, the forsythia will be gone.   The bushes will still be there, of course, but the brilliant yellow blossoms will be spent.  New England springs are much anticipated, much loved, much photographed, and to my...

May 1, 2025

Image:Staff  THE TELLING OF THE RESURRECTION I subscribe to a writing organization whose aim is to encourage members to write about memories that might otherwise not be shared with family or friends. One week the suggested topic was to describe what your mother was...

April 03, 2025

Image: Melanie Kyer How does Lent work in Australia When the days are getting dark? When the promise of new life Is still seasons away?   How does Lent provide its promise For the unjustly detained Who sit wondering if Jesus Died to set them free, too?   How...

March 20, 2025

Image: Barbara Ryther Adventures in Weaving I have recently begun teaching myself to weave. I had hoped it would be a meditative process – the soothing repetition of gently guiding yarn over and under the warp threads on a loom, the concentration of trying more...

March 6, 2025

Image: Nina Bisognani Soup for the Soul During the winter months Images of steamy soups fill my mind. A lovingly prepared hot soup brings warmth to cold, stormy days And cheer to simple meals shared with others.  Beef stew was a favorite during my childhood. But there...