June 2022 Blog Posts (10)

Perfect Woman

SHE was a phantom of delight

When first she gleam'd upon my sight;

A lovely apparition, sent

To be a moment's ornament;

Her eyes as stars of twilight fair;

Like twilight's, too, her dusky hair;

But all things else about her drawn

From May-time and the cheerful dawn;

A dancing shape, an image…

     Here I go

                  Jumping off my plateau

into

the cold

blue

soothing waters

below

     There I go

                     It isn't easy you know

                                          But once I hit the water and splashed I knew I just had to go

Can you follow the laughing splashing

simply smashing…

On Thursday, I was driving into town and spotted a Raven in the middle of the highway. As I got closer, I could see that it was hit by a car. The bird was in the middle of the lane and about three miles from home. Knowing Ravens well from living alongside a family for twenty years, I suspected it was one of the pair that lives in the…

God is present in everything around us

Clicia Pavan

The secrets of life

in seed germination

the movements of the Earth

spinning endlessly.

the dew on the grass

in nature that charms,

smell coming from the earth

and the sun rising

flowers that bloom

perfuming the air,

the new leaves…

Sinfonia para Gaia!Mãe da Natureza

Entre as árvores e nuvens altas serenas

Você surge sorrindo Gaia

Com a brisa da manhã, me vendo acordar

Eu acordo sorrindo também

Para este sonho acordado que me chama

Vejo a natureza despertando como beijos de amor

Na flor desabrochando,no canto dos passarinhos

Eu sinto toda a…

Here's how she describes listening to #Beethoven's "Ninth Symphony" over the radio, Helen Keller wrote the following letter to the New York Symphony Orchestra in March 1924.

Dear Friends:



I have the joy of being able to tell you that, though deaf and blind, I spent a glorious hour last night listening over…