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Pause. The sun hears the field talking about effort and the sun smiles, and whispers to Me, “Why don’t the fields just rest, for I am willing to do Everything to help them grow?” Rest, my dears, in Prayer. St. … Continued

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Pause.   I Will Just Say This We bloomed in Spring. Our bodies are the leaves of God. The apparent seasons of life and death our eyes can suffer; but our souls, dear, I will just say this forthright: they … Continued

Counting Our Chickens

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By Rachel Field, Heartberry Hollow Farm & Forest – June 14, 2023 This spring it seems as if “one thing leads to another” is a way of being for life in the Hollow. With so much in flux we’re living … Continued

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Pause.   Everything that is – every tree, bird, star, stone and wave – existed first as a dream in the mind of the divine artist. Indeed, the world is the mirror of the divine imagination and to decipher the … Continued

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Pause. But we have only begun to love the earth. We have only begun to imagine the fullness of life. How could we tire of hope? —so much is in bud. How can desire fail? —we have only begun to … Continued

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Pause.   You see, I want a lot. Maybe I want it all: the darkness of each endless fall, the shimmering light of each ascent. So many are alive who don’t seem to care. Casual, easy, they move in the … Continued

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Pause.   I’ve known rivers: I’ve known rivers ancient as the world and older than the flow of human blood in human veins. My soul has grown deep like the rivers. I bathed in the Euphrates when dawns were young. … Continued

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Pause. Spirit of Living Water, You hold all of creation in your womb And spring us forward onto the earth at birth. Spirit of the Tides, Remind me of the rise and fall of your rhythms So that I may … Continued

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Pause.   “Here on the river I have known peace and beauty such as I never knew in any other place. There is always work here that I need to be doing and I have many worries, for life on … Continued

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Pause.   I like to live in the sound of water, in the feel of mountain air. A sharp reminder hits me: this world still is alive; it stretches out there shivering toward its own creation, and I’m part of … Continued