Five Ways to Squeeze the Most From Your Summer
As we prepare to enter the final month of summer, here are five ways we can squeeze the last drop of summer from our calendars: 1. Eat summer foods. Fresh tomatoes, watermelon, and other fruits and veges will soon be gone. Enjoy them now and freeze some...
Poetic Pauses: Egrets, by Karen Lucci
Egrets Egrets as inevitable As turtles and rare As turquoise snakes Sang along currents Of solitude Sand solicitously Entreating attentive Reflection Sinking through shadows Penetrating waters Pale as March Like lead they fell Splitting water Like pine logs 'til...
Trusting in the Midst of Messy
"Trust Me in the midst of a messy day. Your inner calm—your Peace in my Presence—need not be shaken by what is going on around you. Though you live in this temporal world, your innermost being is rooted and grounded in eternity. When you start to feel stressed, detach...
Why It Feels Like Christmas at the Baker’s House
Snow wasn't falling and bells were not ringing, but it sure felt like Christmas at the Baker house last Friday afternoon when a box of the above arrived on our doorstep. I never expected my poetry to be published so you can imagine my delight and depth of...
One of God’s Greatest Gifts: Repentance
Guess it goes without saying that our granddaughter is rarely in the background, and for good reason! On those rare occasions, however, when she realizes we're not tuned in to her every word it doesn't take long for her attention-antenna to intercept with two...
Poetic Pauses: The Garden, Mary Oliver
The Garden The kale's puckered sleeve, the pepper's hollow bell, the lacquered onion. Beets, borage, tomatoes. Green beans. I came in and I put everything on the counter: chives, parsley, dill, the squash like a pale moon, peas in their silky shoes, the...
Cathy Baker
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