Monthly Archives: March 2020

Monday, March 30   “Then you relax your hand, and all the skin relaxes, letting go the taut shine of youth . . .” March 30 — the second last day of March which, the saying goes, “comes in like … Continue reading →

Friday, March 27, 2020 “Dear John, Here’s one from Naomi Shihab Nye. I know you’ve posted her poems before, but don’t know if you have seen this one, so just in case, take heart from Naomi at Gate A-4. David” … Continue reading →

March mid-month 2020 “The time will come when, with elation you will greet yourself arriving at your own door, in your own mirror” A good friend sent me this poem which, she thinks, sounds like the poems that move me. She’s … Continue reading →

Monday, March 23, 2020 A new work week begins;  pretty much every person, in each neighborhood of the world, turns into the new day, taking stock of cumulative inner fatigue, anxious predictions about what might befall us next, and befall … Continue reading →

Friday, March 20, 2020 “It is possible to travel alone, but we know the journey is human life and life needs company. Companion is the one who eats the same bread.” Sheer beauty can look inadequate for repairing violent storm … Continue reading →

Wednesday, March 18, 2020 Anxieties, anxieties, anxieties  —>  a fair sample of COVID-19 denials;  often pretty noisy denials at that.  They remind me of a joke my dad used to tell from his early days growing up in a Kansas … Continue reading →

March 16 – Night skies a long ago healing time  – Rev. Lynn Ungar,  March 11, 2020 Sabbath and memory (September 18, 2019;  Pine Ridge, SD) Two Lakota sisters, Carmel and Serena Two Elk, caught my attention today, during a morning … Continue reading →

Friday, March 13, 2020 “Keep Patience ever at your side: you’ll need it for a constant guide.” Catherine McAuley [1778–1841] founded the Sisters of Mercy in 1831 during an early moment in Ireland’s version of the enclosure movements (i.e. forcing very … Continue reading →

Wednesday March 11 “Our dreams drink coffee with us” Sometimes I get so busy that being behind on tasks distracts me from beauty.  That’s a shame.  Such a week this is proving to be.  One of the Jesuits I live … Continue reading →

Monday, March 9, 2020 “some momentary awareness comes As an unexpected visitor.” One of my soul friends of many years emailed Rumi’s “Guest House” in March of 2017 when, as now in 2020, Spring whispers to me of “Lent” and … Continue reading →