Halloween Images
The hordes descend…
Horrified Jack-o-Lantern:
Robin Hood, trying to smile – but the peanut-butter kiss is preventing it, and …
Who is this stick figure?!?
Archive for October, 2010
Life in the slow lane
Scenes from this small-town life.
Circus Train
This evening the Barnum and Bailey circus train rolled slowly through town.
Over the weekend,
Alpaca
the alpaca grazed in autumn pastures, while
The Kline Kill, with K. at play
the Kline Kill beckoned under golden sycamores.
And this afternoon,
The barn, with fresh paint.
the painting of the barn was completed.
Life is good.
(All photos by Seth Rockmuller.)
Barn Again
The work has started on painting the barn. First is the scraping of the old, peeling paint. I hope the warm weather holds long enough for the actual painting! A few of my more delicate plants were touched by frost last night. Autumn is upon us.
These words arrived from a friend: “…when I attempt to be productive in the traditional sense, it seems as if I am hiding in busyness and running away from the heart of my being.” Her words struck me – yes! Because I am the caretaker of my elderly mother, some of my “busy-ness” cannot be avoided. But there are tasks I do that others could do just as well, if not better than I, and those I am in the process of releasing.
Like my friend, I wish to devote more time to contemplation, and to writing. Early autumn always feels like a slowing down time for me, before the Thanksgiving and holiday rush and visitors. Already I sense the busy-ness of the approaching holidays, as I help plan for the community’s multifaith Thanksgiving service.
Photo by Seth Rockmuller
On the walls of the barn, the old is being scraped away, in preparation for the new paint. What else is awaiting release and renewal?
Ecstatic Naturalism
Just learned about the First International Congress on Ecstatic Naturalism, at Drew University on April 1 & 2, 2011. Very tempting.
From the conference website:
I recently started reading Robert S. Corrington’s book Nature’s Religion, to learn more about his concept of “sacred folds.” If you’ve read the book, please leave me a comment with your opinion of it (or of any of his other books), or leave a note about your own experience(s) with “sacred folds.”
Another quote from the conference page:
Wow.
