Always The Road
Robyn Davidson's account of her 17000 mile trek across the Australian outback, "Tracks," is one of those books that found me. I've read and listened to it so many times that often when I close my eyes - I see that powerful land within me.
Swimming Upstream
"I think we're going to the moon because it's in the nature of the human being to face challenges. It's by the nature of his deep inner soul ... we're required to do these things just as salmon swim upstream."
Neil Armstrong
Woolgathering for a 1969
Lunar loneliness longings.
Alis Propriis Volat
"She flies with her own wings."
Muliebric Blue Whales
Pelagic graying tangles with those inner muliebric blue whales.
The Most Important Work
"Children are not a distraction from more importance work, they are the most important work." C.S. Lewis
Eyes to See
Inspired by Michelle D. Craig's message from the October 2020 General Conference, "Eyes to See."
"Mother and Child Twins"
Study of Gustav Klimt's "Mother and Child Twins."
Women of America
Annie Oakley, Pearl S. Buck and Zitkala-Sa.
"You cannot make yourself feel something you do not feel, but you can make yourself do right in spite of your feelings." -Pearl S. Buck
Men of America
The men who swam upstream: Neil Armstrong, Fred Rogers and Abraham Lincoln.
"It's by the nature of his deep inner soul ... we're required to do these things just as salmon swim upstream." -Neil Armstrong
Those Yellow-Jacketed Thoughts
Some thoughts buzz about me, nettling. And then I suddenly realize they've built a home within me, and I don't know if it's a good thing.
Gather Fruit
During His earthly ministry, the Savior Compared good fruit to things of eternal worth. He said, "Ye shall know them by their fruits." "Every good tree bringeth forth good fruit." he encouraged us to gather "fruit unto life eternal."
-Elder Neil L. Andersen
Protea-like Bloomage
Rosa Parks, Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass seemed to know that our country was in need of protea-like bolstering of diversity. They recognized that to live in such a way that would prove reminiscent of what the protea flower symbolizes (courage, diversity, change and transformation), would eventually help a society bloom in it's diversity, instead of blister.
Feathered Hope
At times I want a feathery escape, but then I remember that hope can be feathery too.
"Once you choose hope, anything is possible." - Christopher Reeves