by Lindsay McLaughlin | Apr 1, 2019 | Contemplations
The old willow stump by the creek has sprouted pale green fronds. The crocuses are pushing up through brown leaves. Water in the creeks gurgles irrepressibly over rocks, bird song wafts delicate music in the trees, and frogs make frothy love in the ponds. Spring has...
by Lindsay McLaughlin | Feb 19, 2019 | Contemplations
“Dreaming Awake” collage by Doug Van Houten Something inside of me has reached to the place where the world is breathing. –Kabir Days each week, I go walking in the woods with a story in my pocket. It’s winter now, and the landscape is a mass of...
by Lindsay McLaughlin | Jan 3, 2019 | Contemplations
The contemplated night gathering in the Meditation Shelter to quietly mark the new year did not happen. Illness in the community, the travel of some to distant family, and the exigencies of settling children for bed after early evening merriment, storytelling, and...
by Lindsay McLaughlin | Nov 6, 2018 | Contemplations
… Autumn is a variegated season, known for its mystery and ever-changing pallet. It’s a season of vibrant golden and green beauty here on the Ridge, punctuated in scarlet; a season of sweet potatoes in the garden and crackling fires in our woodstoves. It...
by Lindsay McLaughlin | Sep 17, 2018 | Contemplations
A friend involved with regional efforts to protect the Chesapeake Bay once told me of a meeting she attended in which representatives of area organizations and advocacy groups stood one by one to enumerate their steps and actions in the cause. After quite a while of...
