This morning I was listening to a recording of a radio interview featuring two folksingers—Elise Witt and Sara Thomsen. During the conversation, Elise made mention of “the wingspan” of voice. How fortunate I felt that such a lovely expression was one of the first things I began to consider as I sipped coffee. It led…
Author: Kimberly M. King
I am a Religious of the Sacred Heart (RSCJ) living in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. I am the director of Barat Spirituality Centre, www.baratspirituality.org, a writer, a juggler, a quick wit, a walker. I enjoy reading all sorts of fiction and non-fiction and regularly write both essays and poetry. Other interests and abilities include Spanish/English written translation and simultaneous interpretation, cooking, and time spent thinking and observing.
Ten Perfect Raspberries
Ten Perfect Raspberries Retreat, 2017 at Martin’s River When it begins with being able to call dinner a feast, (Dinner is a pair of hard-boiled eggs and ten perfect raspberries, eaten with my feet up, and the door open and the light resting easy and the air all soft and salty and cool, full of…
Playing Tag in the Kitchen
Playing Tag in the Kitchen with God I lovethat you find new waysto play tag with my delight:the zap-tang surpriseof vinegar on my tongue;the patient tap on each shoulderfrom chili and cinnamon after chocolatemakes her resplendent entrance;the prismatic shimmyof sponge and soap bubblessteeping in the rice pot tub. –Kimberly M. King, RSCJ–
OH memory
Perhaps it’s the news of late…perhaps it is the proximity of Canada Day to Independence Day…perhaps it is summertime or the fact that I am about to return to the United States for the first time in a while. Whatever the motivation, the other day I made a list of things I remembered about my…
A Moment recorded in Italics
24th June, 2017 7:25 AM Among many other things, I am thinking about the other day in the Gardens, with the rain and the evening tones and how exquisite everything looked…the deep greens, the flower colors, the way the rain was shot through with light…Part of what I was aware of was how that whole,…
Feast of the Sacred Heart, 2017
“Cosmic Christ” by Annett Hanrahan, RSCJ Around the world today, wherever RSCJ are, we will renew our vows. Around the world… in whatever circumstance…be it precarious, flourishing, just coming to be, closing, changing, unsure…we will renew our vows. Some years, this act might offer hope,.. in other moments, perhaps it inspires the daring needed to…
In Exchange
The other day, I read an opinion piece in The Chronicle Herald, Halifax’s local paper. It was at once brash, harsh, and held elements of truth taken to an extreme. (Click here to read) Elements of truth or at least shards of a mirror. On that same day between the front section of the local…
In your Sanctuaries
O God, you are my God, I seek you, my soul thirsts for you;my flesh faints for you, as in a dry and weary land where there is no water.So I have looked upon you in the sanctuary, beholding your power and glory.Because your steadfast love is better than life, my lips will praise you.So I will bless you…
Stardust and Song
I went to hear the University of King’s College Chapel Choir late this afternoon in the Anglican cathedral down the street and over a half block. I have been to several of their concerts this season—each one absolutely exquisite. Listening to them sing stirs me…draws me down and sets me loose at the same time……
Eggsestential Poetry
A Course in Omelettics With a sliced chord of onion, purple and white, removed in one movement from an uprooted underground well layered minaret; With translucent pages knifed cleanly away from the contoured spine of red-pepper quires that meet in bright binding; With albumen and yoke binding all to all in simple, in graceful, communion,…
Consider the Lilies 