#adventapertures2025: day 24

On the first day of Christmas, they hauled you from me  with the forceps while a crimson Santa blinked outside  and made the rain new blood. The second day, I washed with frankincense, fed you  thin gold, summoned by the high star of your cry. The third day,  milk came swaddling-pale, shepherd’s flock white. TheContinue reading “#adventapertures2025: day 24”

psalms for passiontide: Maundy Thursday Psalm 116.1,10-17

As I write this I am at present without a voice due to a virus I picked up several weeks ago.  My throat is my weak spot and a barometer to the state of my overall health, and over the last few years I have experienced several lengthy periods where I can only whisper, andContinue reading “psalms for passiontide: Maundy Thursday Psalm 116.1,10-17”