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| A spring day / Forest walk, H. A. Brendekilde (@1890) |
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Divinity appears in pastel glowsof barely budded trees across from us.We sit in shade between quarter-mile laps,happy for this rare date in open air.
Yesterday, were forsythia blooming?were the magnolia trees in bloom?What existed before resurrection?If we wish, we could check cell phone pics—
Instead we breathe deeply and look aheadtoward wellness and work and retirement plans.Maybe we’ll start bird watching—there’s an appfor that: it recognizes variety.
It recognizes types of trees, humansand other animals if it stays charged.And then, too, there is life for us withoutcell phones, with nothing but the glow of spring.
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Life 'without
ReplyDeletecell phones, with nothing but the glow of spring.' - Sounds good to me!
Yes, I love just Looking and seeing what turns up. Smiles. Lovely to read you, Susan.
ReplyDeleteFor many these days, glorious nature is a pic on Instagram, a selfie in glory. Natural parks are being overrun with clicking cellphones. But what was there ever to capture that is not better savored and let be? There is no app for grace, and resurrection is simply waking to knowledge that we never left Eden. Thanks Susan - B
ReplyDeletelife for us without
ReplyDeletecell phones, with nothing but the glow of spring - why does that sound like some impossible promised land! We're having a massive second covid wave but am still hopeful I can see the birds someday soon!
And then, too, there is life for us without
ReplyDeletecell phones, with nothing but the glow of spring.
"A consummation devoutly to be wished"..enjoyed this poem, Susan!
JIM