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Winter Wonderland

“we walk
hand in hand
the wind whipping
around us like
a kind of magic
shimmering off the branches
the trees laced with snow,
tiny dancers spring from the ground
like dust, tossed
here and there on
the wind …
spinning
twirling
swaying
to a song that only
they can hear
oh but how romantic
did they appear
And yes
how it moved me …
To each side of us,
shimmering towers of white
rose reaching for the sky
as if grasping for the hem
of heaven itself
And here
in this mystic place,
time seemed to slow
and the cold could
not touch our soul
nor pierce our hearts
Our hearts, which walked
between the towers of ice
and beat as one, unscathed
by icy spells or bewitched
by the beauty of this enchanting
forest, drifted away on a sea of
mesmerizing romantic possibilities
in our very own winter wonderland”
-Michael Traveler, “Winter Wonderland”

Dawn

“dawn peeks her head
over the horizon softly sweetly
like a child playing peek-a-boo
her smile shimmers warmly
all across the land, cascading
through the branches of trees
across the lakes and streams
glittering like jewels on the petals
of flowers as dew drops cling
to the coming of yet another chance
to embrace one another, love
one another, be kind to yet
another person who longs
for a smile, a hug, a willing ear,
someone dear
yes, dawn is smiling on us
from up above, loving us
with kindness and warmth
giving us this day to
work and play
oh what a beautiful way
to greet the new day ❤
-Michael Traveler from “morning song”

Hear the Stir of a Single Snowflake

 

“May you grow still enough to hear the small noises earth makes in preparing for the long sleep of winter, so that you yourself may grow calm and grounded deep within.

May you grow still enough to hear the trickling of water seeping into the ground, so that your soul may be softened and healed, and guided in its flow.

May your grow still enough to hear the splintering of starlight in the winter sky and the roar of earth’s fiery core.

May you grow still enough to hear the stir of  a single snowflake in the air, so that your inner silence may turn into hushed expectation.”

-Brother David Steindl Rast

Scenes from Winter – A Gallery of Photos

“No snowflake ever falls in the wrong place”

-Zen Koan

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“Snow was falling,
so much like stars
filling the dark trees
that one could easily imagine
its reason for being was nothing more
than prettiness.”

-Mary Oliver

“Let us love winter

for it is the

Spring of genius”

Pietro Aretino

 


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Deepening

The last day of February – already.  Our winter in northwest Montana came late… beautifully, powerfully and incessantly.  Deep cold and deep snow. Satisfying.  Waking to heavy snow showers this morning, knowing we’re transitioning soon, I’m absorbing it all.

I need this deep winter.

“I love the deep silence of the midwinter woods. It is a stillness you can rest your whole weight against… This stillness is so profound you are sure it will hold and last.”

-Florence Page Jaques

“So burrow in. Snuggle deep. A winter idyll of simple splendor awaits.”

-Sarah Ban Brea