June 21st 10:57am in Putney, Vermont

Here we are in the fullest of fullness.
One of the great turnings.
May you find time to pause at the top of your breath in celebration.
May your dreams be blooming,
and the company you are keeping be kind, helpful, and inspiring.

I’m just grateful to be taking a little time away from calendar time to enjoy the languid lag that we all call summer . . . ☀️

Warmly, Lyedie

And here too is a poem by Tony Hoagland — a lovely nudge to pencil in “Sunlight.”

The Word

Down near the bottom
of the crossed-out list
of things you have to do today,
between "green thread"
and "broccoli," you find
that you have penciled "sunlight."
Resting on the page, the word
is beautiful.
It touches you
as if you had a friend
and sunlight were a present
he had sent from someplace distant
as this morning—
to cheer you up,
and to remind you that,
among your duties, pleasure
is a thing
that also needs accomplishing.
Do you remember?
that time and light are kinds
of love, and love
is no less practical
than a coffee grinder
or a safe spare tire?
Tomorrow you may be utterly
without a clue,
but today you get a telegram
from the heart in exile,
proclaiming that the kingdom
still exists,
the king and queen alive,
still speaking to their children,
—to any one among them
who can find the time
to sit out in the sun and listen.

by Tony Hoagland

Photo credit goes to Elizabeth Ungerleider