Tag Archives: rest

Mar19

off to the nunnery.

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so off i go today

to the convent

where i’ll stay and meet up with

my sister and my aunt who is a sister

relax, talk, walk, meditate, share meals, laugh, cry, remember, tell stories

see her sacred and important places

shared spaces

if i was a nun

i imagine myself

singing and running through the hills

like sister maria in the alps

but i think this spring break

slow and easy

may be exactly perfect

a time of rest and renewal.

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“get thee to a nunnery, go.”

– hamlet to ophelia (written by william shakespeare)

 

 

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photo credit: 20th century-fox studios, the sound of music, 1965

Dec16

break. (not my finger)

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i’m on winter break

and i’d say that i’m most like

the accordian-playing raccoon on the tree stump

or

the twirling hedgehog in a forest-rave mindset.

and

later someone sleeping behind that tiny red tree door.

 

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“the christmas season is upon us – a time for reading, dancing and all joyous festivities!”

credits: artwork by Eelen burch.

Nov24

on the day after thanksgiving day.

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lounging with leftovers 

(this is not me, but we share a similar attitude and approach to the day after)

 

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“rest and be thankful.”

-william wordsworth

 

 

 

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image credit: borders of adventure, china

 

Nov23

on thanksgiving day.

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“i would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.”

-gilbert k. chesterton

 

 

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art credit: karen davis, by frost and candlelight

Sep2

o sleep.

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not a painting of me, but i’m kind of jealous of the princess’s bed.

(except for the annoying vegetable keeping her awake )

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  restful gentle dreams 

soft, fluffy, feathery, warm

in my sleeping nest.

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*La Principessa sul pisello/The Princess on the Pea

art credit:  Gennadin Spirin

story credit: Hans Christian Anderson

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‘o sleep, o gentle sleep,’ i thought gratefully, ‘nature’s soft nurse!’

-elizabeth kenny

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*”The Princess and the Pea” (Danish: “Prinsessen paa Ærten”; direct translation: “The Princess on the Pea”) is a literary fairy tale by Hans Christian Anderson about a young woman whose royal ancestry is established by a test of her sensitivity. The tale was first published in May of 1835.

Andersen had heard the story as a child, and it likely has its source in folk material, possibly originating from Sweden, as it is unknown in the Danish oral tradition. Neither “The Princess and the Pea” nor Andersen’s other tales of 1835 were well received by Danish critics, who disliked their casual, chatty style and their lack of morals.