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Sky and Root
Waning crescent in the morning sky marks the slow turn to lunar dark. Autumn strengthens as the green world lets go, heat and light surrendered earthward. Joining the descent to release summer’s weight, I travel to the realm of night sky and root. Reading of “Sky and Root”
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Great storytelling An epoch story, with humor, pathos, even tragedy, and a brilliant “other world” that lures you in like only true magic can. |
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“The lure of deep water
and gathering night,
held in the mystery
I kneel to taste
at the earth altar.”
― Stranger to the Beautiful: A Journey of Faith, Hope, and Transformation
― Stranger to the Beautiful: A Journey of Faith, Hope, and Transformation
“Before a wall
of ancient stone,
I place prayers
in cracks of silence.”
― Stranger to the Beautiful: A Journey of Faith, Hope, and Transformation
of ancient stone,
I place prayers
in cracks of silence.”
― Stranger to the Beautiful: A Journey of Faith, Hope, and Transformation
“What broke me was wildness,
and wildness my salvation.”
― Stranger to the Beautiful: A Journey of Faith, Hope, and Transformation
― Stranger to the Beautiful: A Journey of Faith, Hope, and Transformation
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