by Anne Voegtlen March 27, 2021 Let’s say there is a village on our path. Let’s say we are asked to go ahead, to find a colt tied by a doorway. Let’s say this seems … [Read more...]
500 Words: Fact or Feeling?
Two conversations and two questions: in the first exchange, a woman assured me that she was right in her stance about wearing/not wearing a mask because she could “feel it in her body.” In the second, … [Read more...]
Pandemic Response in Four Dimensions
“Are we all going through a dark night of the soul?” he said. “That’s what one of my teachers said last week.” I have pondered that question for a month and have decided that I disagree. I do … [Read more...]
500 (plus) Words, January 2021: Taller Than a Dog
As I took the dog out for our early morning walk Friday, I spotted her best friend down the street. Dolly, whose head rises a little over 18 inches off the ground, could see only the driveway rising … [Read more...]
500 Words, January 2021: Holding the Post
I recently went up Red Mountain Road to drop off some jam for friends. Their driveway being an impassable pile of snow, I parked below and followed a trail up the side of the mountain through a tract … [Read more...]
After Reading the Magnificat: Luke 1:46-55
by Anne Voegtlen Here, within me, around me is a new life I did not seek. Within me, around me, the old certainties have collapsed in the space of … [Read more...]