Aug 30, 2023 | Reflections, Updates
Image:Barbara Ryther Paths Barbara Ryther Those of us who make a practice of walking on beaches generally choose a particular path. Much as with life, we have our reasons for our choices, based on personality, circumstances or mood of the day, or perhaps habit....
Aug 30, 2023 | Reflections
Image: Melanie Kyer Small Town Summer Small town summer means blessing: Picking up a box of bruised peaches at the farmer’s market and making jam, then giving a jar to the mechanic down the road who fixed your air conditioning. Small town summer shouldn’t mean a...
Aug 9, 2023 | Reflections
MORNING I want to greet the day the way my dog wakes having tucked into the velvet night heavy with surrender When the silk moon slips through ambient blue to welcome her florid sister and a chorus of birds calls me from dreaming I want to run to the...
Jul 28, 2023 | Reflections
Image: Nina Bisognani Walking With Bandit The first time I visited Vaughn Woods was on a sweltering summer afternoon; the kind of day one might spend inside sitting next to a fan, sipping a cool drink. My energetic puppy had other ideas. We began on a path leading...
Jul 20, 2023 | Reflections
Beach Meditation Walking the shorewhile rain blursboundariesbetween sea and sky. A fine mistsoftensblending muted bluesand soft graysinto pillowy drifts. Her bright slickerdefiantly fuchsiarefuses to concede. She is here for the dogwho has not yet chosenwhere to...
Jul 13, 2023 | Reflections
Image: Barbara Ryther Just Listen Searching for discernmentA sign, a message, a word.Who am I meant to be? Hunting for a callA voice, a push, a beacon.Where am I meant to go? Pursuing a purposeA vision, a prophecy, a revelationWhat am I meant to do? Where is my...