Month: January 2023

  • Six Word Story (101)

    Six Word Story (101)

    There was life and when it passed it left an absence behind. That gap gives structure as it works alongside presence. Look for the stories of absence. They are everywhere, just like the stories of those that help are always present in the middle of tragedy. We need both as surely as we need bread.…

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  • Patience

    Patience

    Patience isn’t passive but A power held in check, ready when Time comes to move Inexorably forward. PatiencE shows a passion for peace iN bite sized nuggets unafraid of silenCe wisE in gauging climates. ©2021 Mary Grace van der Kroef Available titles by Mary Grace van der Kroef

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  • Six Word Story (100)

    Six Word Story (100)

    We usually leave our Christmas Tree up until the end of January. We can’t always get a real tree, but in the years we do it’s a slow battle with falling needles and my love for the scent of natural pine. We watch as the moisture slowly leaches from branches despite regular watering. This tree…

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  • Peace

    Peace

    Present places, present faces, in the moment here with you

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  • Six Word Story (99)

    Six Word Story (99)

    The amazing intricacy of the world we live in is staggering.

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  • Joy

    Joy

    Found in simple spaceswhen lights have dimmed to easeweariness of day from shoulders prone. In the morning beamswhere radiance singsreserving stage for feathered accompaniment notes. Shimmers in the shadowslike the fuzziness of heat,but greats in bells that chime with chirping mirth. Often hid amidwide open spaceblending with a magic you can not trace. Given to…

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  • Six Word Story (98)

    Six Word Story (98)

    What sticks to you like glitter? What small thing gives you a smile in it unexpectedly glints at you from a tabletop, or child’s cheek? What makes you groan with annoyance when dumped in a pile, hang hangs around for months only to bring a tear to your eye when you remember that sweet soul…

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  • Love Is

    Love Is

    Something felt and something done An action filled emotion

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