The journey that I’m on now has a name – Journey to the HeartLand – for its significance in my life. I thought that this one would be different than other trail walks I have done. Wouldn’t an off-trail journey be different than a month on the Benton MacKaye Trail or on the Appalachian Trail? What I’m discovering is that this journey has …
Category Archives: Poems
The Real Work
The Real Work — Wendell Berry It may be that when we no longer know what to do we have come to our real work, and that when we no longer know which way to go we have come to our real journey. The mind that is not baffled is not employed. The impeded stream …
Blessing
As our journey begins, here’s a blessing I’m singing, thanks to my friend, Sara and generations before her! “May troubles be less and blessings be more May nothing but happiness come to your door And may you have luck wherever you go And blessings outnumber the shamrocks that grow. May winds be at your back …
Chicory and Queen Ann’s Lace
My heart flutters. Illinois roadside chicory and queen Ann’s lace Revive feelings of childhood walks along an Ohio bikepath. Gratitude swells for wise parents who created space for Spirit to speak to me. My twelve year old self regularly walked with my brother the two miles home from the Dayton Museum of Natural History along …
Mingus Creek poetry
Standing next to a rushing stream in the Great Smoky Mountains Park I jotted down a poem in a “diamont” style. Nature calls me to observe her constancy amid my sanguinity. Mingus trail stream White rushing Flowing unaware alluringly Beckoning me to wilderness Free purposeful refreshing Journey’ s inspiration Constancy