Excursions : Adventures in Spirit

(In "Small Stones (Part I--The Lie of the Land)" I mused about accomplishments big and small, and how the shrinking nature of accomplishments can be hard to accept for those with chronic illness. I concluded by wondering if a model that measure accomplishments in terms of their apparent size migh...

I've collected them for several years now--river pebbles and mountain stones. They are emblems to me of pleasure and triumph. Pleasure at the memory of days spent outdoors among rivers and mountains. Triumph at having slipped the chain of illness for a while. These emblems decorate the g...

The robin hesitated. It had already taken its time looking over the garden. It had studied every corner from atop the far wall. Then it fluttered down to the path and hopped experimentally along the gravel. A leap onto the largest cairn. A slow pirouette full circle while its head turned at ...