“Sometimes I need only to stand

wherever I am to be blessed.”

~ Mary Oliver

“And I say to my heart: rave on.”
-Mary Oliver



One day you finally knew
what you had to do, and began,
though the voices around you
kept shouting
their bad advice –
though the whole house
began to tremble
and you felt the old tug
at your ankles. Continue reading »

“When it’s over, I want to say: all my life I was a bride married to amazement.”
- Mary Oliver