Saturday - December 15, 2012
Megan arrives in 24 hours :) Originally planned as a caretaking journey to see me through the Bone Marrow Transplant, she will now be researching and preparing for her PhD oral exams and keeping me company as I heal. Jonathan will be home on Tuesday! He is still toiling away in Blacksburg, studying for a slew of finals while fighting off a long-term cold and heavy fatigue. I cannot wait until they are both here, resting and relaxing and letting us give them a momentary respite from some of their adult responsibilities and concerns. A return to the nest. I am mindfully grateful for the gift of my family.
Around Us
by Marvin Bell
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| Tonight's twilight walk prompts "a little sound of thanks" |
We need some pines to assuage the darkness
when it blankets the mind,
we need a silvery stream that banks as smoothly
as a plane’s wing, and a worn bed of
needles to pad the rumble that fills the mind,
and a blur or two of a wild thing
that sees and is not seen. We need these things
between appointments, after work,
and, if we keep them, then someone someday,
lying down after a walk
and supper, with the fire hole wet down,
the whole night sky set at a particular
time, without numbers or hours, will cause
a little sound of thanks–a zipper or a snap–
to close round the moment and the thought
of whatever good we did.
