Stand Therefore ~

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a wind has blown the rain away and blown
the sky away and all the leaves away,
and the trees stand.  I think I too have known
autumn too long
ee cummings

*  *  *
they are falling fast
yet many remain
seasons change
*  *  *

Around The House ~

the sun

the wind

and

the cold

play winter tag

* * *

"Even silence speaks."

 Hausa Proverb

Departure ~

I thought to

wave farewell but 

their intent was on the leaving

 so quietly I murmured a 

note of gratitude for

 their beauty and

was still

*  *  *

“Be still:
there is no longer

 any need of comment.
It was a lucky wind

that blew away his halo

 with his cares, a lucky sea that

drowned his reputation."

Thomas Merton

"We All Fall Down" ~

"Now autumn's fire burns slowly along the woods
and day by day the dead leaves fall and melt."
William Allingham

*  *  *

the winds of the past two days

have disrobed the trees

and left the landscape

somewhat barren

the eight fires that burned

in NW Minnesota

this weekend

have filled the air

with the pungent odor

of burning peat

and

 left their assault

on our eyes and noses

 

tonight a

winter storm warning

announces a 70%

 possibility

of snow

*  *  *

for everything a season

Ecclesiastes 3:1

 

 

"I Can't Seem To Forget You"

I saw them

dancing in the ditches

and wondered

at the rhythm in the

windsong

that they heard

as a young woman

I enjoyed the

fragrance

WINDSONG

and its accompanying tune

by

 Prince Matchabelli

*  *  *

I will not forget you

I have carved you on the palms

of my hands

from

Isaiah 49:15-16

Pneuma ~

sometimes it takes

the breath of

kindness

 to part

the irrelevant

so you can see 

that

for which you seek

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ORIGIN

pneuma

 Greek, literally ‘that which is breathed or blown.’