​Unrelenting beams of the Sun’s light pierce the heart, Though clouds of work and stress batter the soul, And winds whip and dry out the body. Enveloped by jagged mountain peaks and water-carved valleys, Little snow can be seen—invisible—but still the waters visibly flow, Their undulations varying from babble to thunderous roar. What troubles you, soul? What ails […]
Enough! Prepare! Await! by Jason Allen Anderson The earth journeys—away from the sun, away from warmth, away from light— and prepares for the season to come: Trees, whipped by fierce winds, shed their yellow, orange, red, and sienna leaves. Larch, filled with green-turned-golden needles, stand bare on the mountain sides. Even the evergreens—pine, hemlock, fir—cast […]
Extracted from my address to the Compline Choir, delivered at the choir’s annual meeting on January 18, 2015 2014 was a year of measurable, palpable change—for better, for worse. Change is a constant in the natural world. Seasons change, landscapes transform, mountains rise and fall, trees grow and decay, flora explodes revealing a rainbow of colors […]