Category Archives: tradition

Hoping for the Stillness

Posted on December 15, 2013 by maggiec

“Religion and ritual can be vehicles for entering stillness. It says in Psalm 46:10, ‘Be still, and know that I am God.’ But they are still just vehicles. The Buddha called his teaching a raft: You don’t need to carry … Continue reading →

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I Can Not Forget

Posted on May 27, 2013 by maggiec

Spirit, that made those heroes dare To die, and leave their children free, Bid Time and Nature gently spare The shaft we raise to them and thee. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Concord Hymn” It’s Memorial Day in America, a day to … Continue reading →

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Bringing in the May

Posted on May 1, 2013 by maggiec

When as a thousand Virgins on this day, Spring, sooner than the Lark, to fetch in May.        “Corinna’s Going a-Maying” by Robert Herrick Happy May Day! When I was a little girl in school, we still made … Continue reading →

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Thinking about the Past

Posted on April 22, 2013 by maggiec

I think that I shall never see A poem lovely as a tree…. ~Joyce Kilmer I’m not even sure people today know this poem, first published in 1913. It was read every Arbor Day when I was a girl, a … Continue reading →

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