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I Speak Joy: A Mother’s Blessing

Posted on April 3, 2016 by Lindsey Gallant / 2 Comments

I am delighted to announce the arrival of our daughter, Ivy Joy, born on Good Friday! What follows is a blessing I scribbled out on the back of a piece of...

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The end of Lent: when all you have has run out

Posted on March 24, 2016 by Lindsey Gallant / 0 Comment

I cannot do it. Cannot keep up with the hunger. I cannot feed them all. The bird feeder swings empty again in the harsh winds of March, and those who have not f...

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Noon prayer: magnified joy

Posted on March 18, 2016 by Lindsey Gallant / 0 Comment

At the height of a mid-March day,the sun is hidden beyond layers of stratus clouds.Snow falls and a trio of ravens circles the sugar-topped pines, gliding above...

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Swan Joy

Posted on February 21, 2016 by Lindsey Gallant / 0 Comment

Joy is a longing,a passageway with the white wingbeat of swans overhead,and the silent current of a spring river beneath.You cannot live in water or air, and ye...

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Lent Is For the Birds

Posted on February 13, 2016 by Lindsey Gallant / 0 Comment

Winter is truly here with a respectable -22 C morning. The snow is crunchy and crystalline, and the river shivers under its growing skin. Life stirs house by ho...