The lights lies down in the harvest and we carry it in, heap the plates and savor the rain, chew on the wind, swallow down the dew and the days of July.
In late October, we bow our heads and give thanks and again eat the miracle and I don’t think I really understand the wonder of His Feast.
more multitudes on a Monday… endless counting of 1000′s of gifts … feast snippets…
1211. boy-picked-and-peeled apples … for boy-requested apple crisp
1212. quiet lanes to quieter places
1213. our annual bringing in of the squash
1214. boy planted and boy harvested potatoes
1215. Winter stock
1216. Mama’s mantle of multitudes
1217. Summer’s sun in autumn’s dishes
1218. Sunday Dinner at mama’s
1219. Sweet love
#1220- #1237:
Raindrops on tin …. Her brushing on blush, giggling …. Pumpkins by hearth …
Warm feet
Boys snapping fingers, swaying, singing too loud … Screens that move… His stubble
Celebrating 75th birthdays and the wrinkles of old men …
Mama bringing cookies
Hairbands and girl curls … Smile of the mailman … Fall plinking in puddles
Her finding my lost screw (literally!) — arm of specs reattached … Library renewals
Wavering wicks …
Soup and biscuits, biscuits and soup, soup, soup, biscuits, biscuits
Long stillness
Seek to cultivate a buoyant, joyous senseof the crowded kindnesses of God
in your daily life
~Alexander Maclaren
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