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 …
One
So fellow travelers, sometimes one sign is all you need. There is only one but it is beyond perfect faith now visible
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 …
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 …
Ye who enter
So fellow travelers, I was recently accepted into the Bedlam Bloggers Collective. I am mindful of the responsibilities this honor carries. “Abandon all Hope, Ye who enter here.” I remember being struck by the profound despair embedded in Dante’s line describing the inscription above the gates of hell, as I read them for the first …
One from the Heart
So fellow travelers, about a year ago author Jon Katz started the Bedlam Farm Creative group on Facebook. Say what you want about social media, this group, after a period of sorting out some housekeeping details, defied all the pervasive negatives and grew into a creative force beyond anyone’s (including our leader’s) expectations. The support …
SOS
So fellow travelers, this came in response to a few SOS ( some direct, some implied) I picked up this week. The source of the orb image is a photo from fellow Creative Group member Denise Gainey, a gifted writer and musician. You can find her wonderful blog The View From Here right here : http://denisegainey.wordpress.com/ …
In Memory
So fellow travelers, our Creative Group lost one of our own recently, a strong minded woman who faced life’s struggles with the same determination and discipline that gained her a black belt. Her facebook page is filled with posts from family, friends and students from the martial arts school. It is clear the inspiration she …
Disillusioned
So fellow travelers, life can change in an instant. One phone call can send us plummeting from a high to low point, a conversation can shatter our hearts. At times like this I am mindful of the teaching I strive to live by: it’s not the events but how we react to them that determines …
Poem: The Last Angry Frost
Feels more like November than April today. My Bedlam Creative Group friend Tom Atkin’s extraordinary poetry spoke for my heart and soul this morning.