Betwixt and between heaven and earth, where the veil is thin, is a place that has been called a "Thin Place" by the Celts. It is an experience of the Holy, as close as your breath. Where suddenly the weight of time flies away, and all you are left with is the present moment—sweet and … Continue reading Thin Places
Joy Unspeakable
Happy Solstice and welcome to High Summer, readers. My favorite time of the year! I notice I don't write much here anymore. It has never been my practice to post regularly. But it seems that the horrors of our time take every ounce of focus and energy in my body and soul—trying to stay in … Continue reading Joy Unspeakable
Mother Africa
Friends, if you are like me, you are on the verge of vomiting from anymore political news coming out of the clown administration in Washington D.C. It comes thick and fast everyday. The perverse surprise is that this administration's actions actually have left no stone uncovered, no sector of our economy untouched, most human classes … Continue reading Mother Africa
Bluebirds
I walk out into the bright day, where tiny birds startle, and twitter, beginning their morning songs. I walk amongst the piñons and scrub oak. Among junipers with tiny blue grey berries and shaggy barks. Surrounded by the elders of tall ponderosas with their thick, scabous bark to protect against beetles and weather. And then, … Continue reading Bluebirds
LETTING GO
So much is dropping away. Everyday. We are in a time of both—the awakening and the darkening of the imagination of humankind. Paradoxically, these two things always seem to happen at the same time throughout the human story. For those in power in the U.S. today, the idea is to destroy the levers of democracy, … Continue reading LETTING GO
Anita Amstutz 