Apr 6, 2023 | Reflections
About Lent I grasped for wordsto wrap with neat cornersand crisp edges.Lent in a box: silky like a purple stole. But in this seasonwe find courageto confront difficult things. Lent is our communal looking glass. It is both holding spaceand being held bythose who...
Mar 23, 2023 | Reflections
Image: Nina Bisognani Creating Spaces As we enter meteorological spring, the annual tradition of spring cleaning comes to mind. Rooms where we spent cozy time over the winter seem dusty and crowded now. Notes scribbled on colored sticky pads are scattered on...
Mar 9, 2023 | Reflections
Image: Melanie Kyer Lean in Like a dog lies down against your leg With a comfortable thump In trust and belonging: Lean in. Like a baby falls asleep, Heavy on your shoulder, In surrender and security: Lean in. Like a caregiver bends close, To catch barely whispered...
Feb 16, 2023 | Reflections, Updates
Image: Nina Bisognani On Wintering For years I looked forward to winter and didn’t realize why some others dreaded it so. I remember going outside for hours on a cold winter day during my preschool years wearing a winter jacket, hand knit woolen mittens and hat and a...
Feb 16, 2023 | Reflections
For the Birds A wild Maine blueberry bush has grown alongside my back porch. It is easily 5 feet high and looks like a bush whose berries would be large and fat, not small and juicy. Often people don’t believe me when I tell them it’s a Maine blueberry bush because it...
Jan 26, 2023 | Reflections
Image: Barbara Ryther Season of Light For a photographer, every season – every month, every moment – is a season of light. One of the earliest lessons I got with my first SLR camera was “Don’t starve your film of light!” I pictured the nicely ordered clumps of...