12.21.12

it is not the end of the world

it is just beginning

the house is decked in greenery 

ready to welcome the light of longer days

with prayers for a brighter future 

love to all

peace

sharing

From Kelsey Loomer's blog Sweet Mess, I found words of comfort in light of the darkness of the week.

image by Kelsey Loomer

The Peace of Wild Things

When despair for the world grows in me

and I wake in the night at the least sound

in fear of what my life and my children's lives may be, 

I go and lie down where the wood drake

rests in his beauty on the water. and the great heron feeds.

I come into the peace of wild things

who do not tax their lives with forethought

of grief. I come to the presence of still water.

And I feel above me the day-blind stars

waiting with their light. For a time

I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.

~Wendell Berry

a cold wet day in December

outside

a view from my studio

 inside

pine silhouette/detail of a new start

a little nuts on a Saturday