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QUEEN OF COLOURS
“The very queen of colours, which bathes with light all that we see, wherever I may be during the day, comes down upon me with gentle subtlety through many media, while I am doing something else and not noticing it. But the light makes its way with such power that, if suddenly it is […]
FEAST OF SAINT AUGUSTINE
“Lord my God, to whom I owe humble and simple service, how many machinations are used by the Enemy to suggest to me that I should seek from you some sign! But I beseech you by our King and by Jerusalem our simple and pure home, that as consent to these suggestions is far […]
AUGUST MOON
Fire of evening twilight took as immolation of the heavens, descent of the sun fading ember flame as in rose-cast light of east a blue moon rose. He turned south on a country road, dust rising in wake of the end-August dry, mornings of heavy dew that blanketed the fields and settled the […]
BUT HUMAN
“Woe even to those of praiseworthy life if you put their life under scrutiny and remove mercy. But because you do not search our faults with rigour, we confidently hope for some place with you. If anyone lists his true merits to you, what is he enumerating before you but your gifts? If only […]
WORDS AND OTHER WAYS
(a continuation to “All There Is”) _____ “To read and write and love well the one you do…I meant that as a good beginning,” James told. “As ideal, it’s a beautiful start. I write better than I speak, and it takes time for me to make sense of what I wish to say. […]
IN THE AFTER
(a continuation to “All There Is”) _____ They lain together in the after, heart to heart, eye to eye, silent save for easy breaths, immersed in moment and presence of simply being. After, they held near in presence and drifted in minds as they remained in repose reading by each other’s side. Annie returned […]
ALL THERE IS
“Lust and learning…That’s really all there is, isn’t it?”—John Williams, Stoner _____ Annie’s day was through and finished and wishing mindful escape, she rested, leaving blouse and pants in throw over back of bedroom chair. Liberated, she returned to a book, and began to read, resting in spread over bed. Annie lain […]