I found this in a artist's drawing book,
which has many clippings glued or just stuck into it.
I've not yet decided if I am ready to let the book go.
This book along with a shoe box and a drawer,
hold many a thought, dream, and creative expression.
The timing of this one had me falling into Mo's recent
"I Dream of a World Where Love is the Answer"...
and our Sunday Hike weekend before last...
and now, also, Dee's recent posts of Her Sister's Papers
(Sounds like a book title! Dee~Please publish all the collages from her papers!).
I have nowhere near the amount of boxes of clippings
that she (Dee's sister and now Dee) does.
But I could.
Anyway, this came from a book titled:
Earth Prayers, edited by Elizabeth Roberts
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| Waterfall way up high |
"O our Mother the Earth, blessed is you name.
Blessed are your fields and forests, your rocks and mountains, your grasses and trees and flowers, and every green and growing thing.
Blessed are your streams and lakes and rivers, the oceans where our life began, and all your waters that sustain our bodies and refresh our souls.
Blessed is the air we breathe, your atmosphere, that surrounds us and binds us to every living thing.
Blessed are all creatures who walk along your surface or swim in your waters or fly through your air, for they are all our relatives.
Blessed are all people who share this planet, for we are all one family, and the same spirit moves through us all.
Blessed is the sun, our day star, bringer of morning and the heat of summer, giver of light and life
Blessed is the moon, our night lamp, ruler of the tides, protector of all women and guardian of our dreams.
Blessed are the stars and planets, the time-keepers, who fill our nights with beauty abd our hearts with awe.
O Great Spirit whose voice we hear in the wind and whose face we see in the morning sun, blessed is your name.
Help us remember that you are everywhere, and teach us the way of peace"
By Helen Weaver (page 209)
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| Water in the creek, laughing all the way! |
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| Light on grass |
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| This world... |
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| ...can't get any finer! |
I just finished this book:
How to be a Good Creature
It was a good read, certain aspects staying with me after wards,
filled with her perspective, which I've been considering.
Now I'm reading:
Grain of Truth
It is by:
Ross Laird
I bought this book eons ago.
The title/cover caught my eye.
I liked the rough cut pages.
I had images of reading it in my my newly done 'studio',
while reclining in my refurbished platform rocking chair (bought in 1981) ~
which I had refinished...the wood decoupaged,
the cushions newly sewn in an artsy-funky way.
The chair, studio and promise of that kind of time is long gone.
But the book remained, so here I am.
So far it is interesting, but quite detailed and psycho-arty (which fits his bio).
So, while I am enjoying it (and plan to finish it), I'm not sure I'm up to
the psycho-arty mindset. I'll have to read more to determine a final opinion.
May your days be filled with poetry and nature and reading.
And if any of that leads to growth, learning or pure entertainment...
well, isn't that grand?!
xo
Photos by NAE @pomegranatetrail ©2019
