Every spirit passing through the world fingers the tangible and mars the mutable and finally has come to look and not to buy. So shoes are worn and hassocks are sat upon and finally everything is left where it was and the spirit passes on, just as the wind in the orchard picks up the … Continue reading Quote for Today: Marilynne Robinson
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Beloved’s Journey, Chapter 6: A Conversation in the Desert
Moving across the desert by camel is an effective way to travel. It is however, not a comfortable one, especially when the creature possesses an uncooperative and subversive nature as well as a bony backside. Veracity was badly bruised within a few minutes, and he doubts that Beloved has fared much better, despite her chumminess … Continue reading Beloved’s Journey, Chapter 6: A Conversation in the Desert
Beloved’s Journey: Chapter 2, Sable and Veracity
Synkroniciti presents the second Chapter of Beloved's Journey, a serial novel. To read chapter one, please click here. Chapter 2, Sable and Veracity Staring up at the impossible, or, at the very least, improbable, structure, he lays his hand against the smooth obsidian wall and laughs. It isn’t a jolly laugh or a clever one. … Continue reading Beloved’s Journey: Chapter 2, Sable and Veracity
Beloved’s Journey: Chapter 1, Beloved
Chapter 1: Beloved Night follows me closely, nipping at my naked heels, spurring me forward as smooth pebbles shift mercilessly beneath my bruised feet. Stumbling, I manage to keep moving, wishing I could remember where I was, or perhaps where I am supposed to be. The wind sinks its fingers through my hair, a lover … Continue reading Beloved’s Journey: Chapter 1, Beloved
Quote for Today: J.R.R. Tolkien
“Farewell," they cried, "Wherever you fare till your eyries receive you at the journey's end!" That is the polite thing to say among eagles. "May the wind under your wings bear you where the sun sails and the moon walks," answered Gandalf, who knew the correct reply. ―J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, Or, There and Back Again … Continue reading Quote for Today: J.R.R. Tolkien
Quote for Today: Derek Rydall
On the journey of spiritual transformation you want to lose your baggage. In fact, you want to make sure all of it is lost, so that, when you reach the end of this road, you have nothing left to cover your Self up with. -Derek Rydall Public Domain Image via Pixabay
Quote for Today: Clarissa Pinkola Estés
And then there are the cravings.. Oh, la! A woman may crave to be near water, or be belly down, her face in the earth, smelling the wild smell. She might have to drive into the wind. She may have to plant something, pull things out of the ground or put them into the ground. … Continue reading Quote for Today: Clarissa Pinkola Estés
