The incredible power and seduction of of reading. Reading out loud. In a class. In a group. Yes, yes, I know, lots of exceptions to this, so let’s get that out of the way, I am generalizing. Read on…maybe read out loud? In a group setting? What is it that makes us want to readContinue reading “The Power and Seduction of Reading”
Category Archives: Fragments
The first days of the last days
August 13, 2020 8:45 am 15 minutes until it all starts. I eat a peanut butter and butter half sandwich. I walk earlier at Crab Cove, because my heart, my lungs, my voice, my love of the water and walking all need an extra boost this morning . I need the water to calmContinue reading “The first days of the last days”
Got Weeds?
Beautiful? Ugly? If we didn’t know…if we didn’t surround our vision with…”understanding, contextualization, knowledge, experience” then could this field of yellow blossoms just be beautiful? Bright, delicate, nature’s greeting, whispering sunshine, a reminder of eternal rotation, repetition, renewal? But no. They are weeds. We know this. Symbols of neglect, stubborn roots, plants to destroy,Continue reading “Got Weeds?”
Monday Musings — on Tuesday
It’s late Monday night, and I am delinquent …no blog post today? what of my extraordinary discipline? my commitment to the first day of the work week? my imposed structure to lend a beautiful sense of rhythm to the imminent week? Whoops… So nowadays, I take care of my mom all afternoon on Mondays, afterContinue reading “Monday Musings — on Tuesday”
Monday Musings
Just as nature loves a pattern, abhors a vacuum, and chaos leads to order, so goes my blog…finding itself, perhaps, emerging from the mess. Maybe it’s a good day today, as I am equating natural order with making a kind of sense, making form, growing from single-celled organism into beautifully complex human beings. On aContinue reading “Monday Musings”
Rachel LePell 