Mary and Elizabeth

Mary and Elizabeth by Kathe Kollwitz (1928) Mary stopped short of the gate. The servants’s daughter was in the yard, bending over a puddle of water. Beyond her was the goat’s pen and then, in the shade of the doorway she saw her cousin. To Mary, Elizabeth's body looked bigger than before, thicker,... Continue Reading →

December 6, 2016 0

Now We Wait In Darkness, Now We Head Towards The Light

Advent. I’ve been thinking a lot about it this year. We never did much with Advent growing up. It was a word before “Calendar” and that meant cheap chocolate. That’s all I knew. It’s a time described as a time of waiting...or a time of hope... or a time of yielding or a time of... Continue Reading →

December 22, 2014 0