Monthly Archives: November 2012

Endless clink of logs: filling the wood room another moonlit night

Posted on November 29, 2012 by Kathy

Full cold steady stare of white moon’s face illuminates our wood room filling adventures. Sparkling snowflakes gleam against dark evergreens like fireflies.  Soft and alive and diamond, then gone. We crank open the heavy wood room door.  An endless winter … Continue reading →

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Wolf. Sideways blowing snow. Chicken enchiladas with spicy mole sauce.

Posted on November 28, 2012 by Kathy

Monday.  Brown-furred wolf runs south to north in front of my car.  His legs pump, his haunches strain.  Masterful, he sprints, his legs sure, not slipping and skidding like those long skinny-legged deer who sometimes fall and splay all four … Continue reading →

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The possibility of grace and freedom

Posted on November 27, 2012 by Kathy

Last week, before the thermometer dipped to 22 degrees (-5.6 C) and it began to snow… Blessed warmth shines from blue sunny skies.  We’ve forgotten what sun looks like.  We’ve forgotten how cheery we feel when sun streams warmth across … Continue reading →

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Aligning with our deepest values

Posted on November 24, 2012 by Kathy

One of the things I pondered during the recent retreat from blogging and computer and caffeine and other distracting activities was this:  how can we more deeply align our daily activities with our deepest beliefs and values? Where are we … Continue reading →

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Finding your way home again

Posted on November 23, 2012 by Kathy

Here is a little story inspired by blog reader Colleen who was fascinated by a recent comment about some of our inky black nights in the woods.  You can’t see your familiar hands, your feet, your journey to the mailbox.  … Continue reading →

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Fare thee well, fallow fields and yet another blogging break

Posted on November 14, 2012 by Kathy

And now…it’s time for this one to take another blogging break. Yes, you knew this would happen, didn’t you? You recognize the pattern, don’t you, even though I’ve tried to deny it? Some of us create, create, create, create…and then … Continue reading →

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Waking up to five inches of snow…

Posted on November 13, 2012 by Kathy

This post is for our children who are far, far away.  May you enjoy the walk around your childhood home. This post is for you southerners who dream of snowflakes but rarely see them. This post is for you northerners … Continue reading →

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White Winter Hymnal Magical Fox Child kind of day.

Posted on November 12, 2012 by Kathy

It’s spitting snow today with our thermometer shivering at 27 degrees (-2.8 C).  It’s hard to ponder going outside.  North wind cuts through flimsy autumn jackets, demanding winter garb. I’m reading. My friend Emma recommended The Snow Child by Eowyn … Continue reading →

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The joy and shame of stats

Posted on November 11, 2012 by Kathy

If I were a perfect person in a perfect world I would not care about stats.  (That’s what I tell myself.) However, as an imperfect person in an imperfect world, may I share one of my greatest joys and shames … Continue reading →

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Weekly photo challenge: Leaf a comment, will you?

Posted on November 9, 2012 by Kathy

Can you believe how the green life is slowly retreating from the leaf as it dies? Let’s play with the green leaf photographically-speaking, shall we?  How can we renew this dying leaf?

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