So fellow travelers, one of my favorite photo “threads” running through the Bedlam Creative Group page is the window sill galleries. Jon Katz started the series a while back, honestly I don’t remember when but they struck an immediate chord. Soon all sorts of wonderful gallery photos began showing up. There is something spiritual about …
Deborah H Rahalski
At the gate
So fellow travelers, yesterday, Thursday June 26 at 1:35pm EDT I stepped out of our high school’s backdoor and into the official beginning of my long awaited summer break. I arrived home to find a slightly alarming post from our Bedlam Farm Creative Group mentor Jon Katz which read “Not the end of the world. …
Deborah H Rahalski
The persistence of pencils
So fellow travelers, lots of photos and posts on the b.b.c. pages about this past weekend’s Open House at Bedlam Farm. One caught my eye. Indeed, I saw the pencil can Jon Katz refers to. It was at that moment sitting by a tree. It stopped me in my tracks. I lowered my camera, because it …
Deborah H Rahalski
The Best Pickles in the World
So fellow travelers, this is a picture of a jar of the Best Pickles In The World. I can say this with certainty without having opened them because, like life , these pickles are more about the journey than the end result*. I acquired these miraculous pickles from my Roomate For Life, Kate Rantilla during …
Deborah H Rahalski
One
So fellow travelers, sometimes one sign is all you need. There is only one but it is beyond perfect faith now visible
Deborah H Rahalski
City in the Mist
So fellow travelers, as the weekend of the Bedlam Farm Open House draws closer I find myself waking in the early hours of morning with random anxious thoughts about not making the trip. It’s rooted in past experiences ( as all anxiety is) which I wrote about last year ( https://dhrahalski86.com/2013/09/08/all-good-things-vol-1/ ) The poem appeared out …
Deborah H Rahalski
Getting from better to best.
“Do the best you can until you know better, Then when you know better, do better.” Maya Angelou So fellow travelers, since her passing last week Maya has been quoted a lot in posts and blogs I follow. Reminding myself most people are doing the best they can is how I get through the challenges …