by Deb Farris | Mar 30, 2016 | Uncategorized
Refreshed from sleep eyes open wide in silence and light here I lie Holding fast to the beauty seen and now gone in stillness the picture’s within I long for the air the moisture and heat climbing rocks crave sand on my feet I long most of all for Your...
by Deb Farris | Mar 22, 2016 | Musings, Uncategorized
I dreamt of mosquito net canopies cascading from tree branches overhead in the wild and woke up in my bed in Mexico to buzzing in my ear. I picked up my phone hoping it would say 5:00 but saw 3:00. AP flashed across the top of my screen that there had been a bombing...
by Deb Farris | Mar 21, 2016 | Musings, Uncategorized
“No, I can’t have my coffee yet,” I say to Todd who is walking all tall and handsome like towards me with a freshly dripped cup of coffee, just the right temperature and color. “I haven’t had my pill yet.” “Which one?” He asks. “Your Hair...
by Deb Farris | Mar 20, 2016 | Musings, Uncategorized
Scouting out dinner locations tonight was a challenge. Everywhere we went had a 30 degree sloop, single lane–up and up and up. Our Mitsubishi March rental with its manual transmission and the reverse in the wrong place didn’t help. I was nervous. So Todd...
by Deb Farris | Mar 10, 2016 | Musings, Uncategorized
Heart be still Hear heaven’s sound See there? Gulls’ music greets the day and all it brings Look for good in all See there? Joy like water’s ripples Ever widening Beyond all senses Beyond all knowledge Still bears fruit from long years’ past...
by Deb Farris | Feb 26, 2016 | Musings, Uncategorized
My mom used to tell me I needed to learn to be thankful in all situations. I heard it more than once in the years before her difficult death. I have had to work at that and was reminded once again this morning that when our prayers are wrapped in gratitude they have...
