a prophetic voice-

I love autumn, with its sparkling colors and colder weather...as the world gives one last incredible hurrah of brilliance prior to settling into the stark, hibernating bareness of winter. For me, it is also a time of reflection...a season when I think deeply about life and living, about making the daily journey. And so today, on this fourteenth day of October, I am sharing with you some of my autumnal poetry...reflections which have emerged from the deep inner places where my hope resides. My wish is that some of my words may speak to you, heart-to-heart, mind-to-mind, person-to-person. autumn In the autumn, life readies itself to sleep, to rest and re-form, to lie in fallow peace for a few short months until spring again calls out in gleeful abandon and life unburies itself.   Autumn is floating leaves, full of color, creating noisy confetti underfoot...crisp, clean air punctuated by the chattering of busy squirrels, by the songs of birds seeking seeds...

I wrote the following words in my journal two years ago; they offer an explanation of why this blog exists. In my own words: Writing is not arrogance; it is simply sharing my opinion, my experience; laying it out there for others to accept & resonate with or reject, as they will. No matter how scholarly a work, how well researched or footnoted, at rock bottom it is the thought and opinion of the writer...admittedly reached through process and consideration but his/her opinion nonetheless. And so, I must set aside my fear of rejection, my fear of being misunderstood and disagreed with, and JUST DO IT! It is not arrogance to put forth what I think/believe; no arm-twisting is involved but rather, an invitation is being issued... to be accepted or not by the other, by the reader. The path lies ahead...one foot in front of the other...walking is lovely but also difficult at times...it requires determination...it requires DOING IT! Breathe into me courage, strength, and wisdom, Creat...