Reverie: Patricia’s Blog
Bear Comes to Visit
I awoke at 5am to this mama black bear and her two cubs IN MY KITCHEN.It is almost 10pm. In that time, these bears scrambled to nearby trees, swam in my pond, then shortly thereafter broke into another home (that one unoccupied) and trashed the kitchen. They spent the...
“I am the dance”
dancedance in joy and in griefin tears and in asheslift and carrydancedance ©2023, Patricia J. FranzThese poems are further reflection on the May Spiritual Journey promptfrom Chris Margocs and my response to it earlier this week.night watch more snow than...
Spiritual Journey: Shall We Dance?
"I am the dance, and I still go on..." We sang “Lord of the Dance” in many Catholic liturgies during the Easter season. I hadn't give it too much thought until Chris shared the song in her SJT post this month. The line above ends the stanza about Good Friday,...
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