Ink Stains The thanksgivings of humming-new images or ideasthat linger with mewhile they test their wings,still damp with the blue love of birth. c. MperiodPress I wrote this after noticing my hands yesterday as I penned several pages in my journal. I looked down and saw the filled in fingerprints of thumb and index finger and…
Month: April 2012
Filling up and Spilling Over…
It began as an issue of volume when second graders were reading aloud in the global studies class I co-teach. It became a remarkable conversation on the power of an individual voice and using that power well. I have been without my regular speaking voice for about two weeks now…what I do have is at…
A Different View
At the invitation of Silvana, here is a different look at Quiet Mind–this one using Wordle. It’s a visual representation of word frequency in a block of text—the larger the font, the more frequent the use. It is certainly an interesting and clear way to see themes…God, mind, quiet, thoughts, images, glorious (twice!)… but I…
Quiet Mind
Think glorious thoughts of God and serve God with a quiet mind. Janet Erskine Stuart, Superior General of the Society of the Sacred Heart, 1911-1914. I love this quotation. In fact, it occurs to me as I write this that perhaps I have written of it before. No matter…it calls to me anew, as a…
Holy Thursday, 2012
stjudenovenablog.blogspot.com/2010/04/holy-thursday.html Holy Thursday Forget nothingof this night’s mealexcept doing the dishes. That can wait. Rememberingthe difficult honor of love…this cannot. c. MperiodPress
Consider the Lilies 