Peace of wild things

The Peace of Wild Things These days the news is just so intense with one horrifying thing after another happening…I often wonder, how do we even begin to make sense of our current times. So, when a friend sent this lovely piece to me this morning, it was really comforting to read. A definite reminder that despite the craziness […]

"Be here now." A four-year-old child might be able to write those words, but this 40-year-old woman is still struggling to live by their simple admonition. Over the past few days I've been struck by how little control we really have over our lives. Esteban and I had plans: We were going to save our…

If you stop and look around you, you'll start to see. Tall marigolds darkening. A spring wind blowing. The woods awake with sound. On the wooden porch, your love smiling. Dew-wet red berries in a cup. On the hills, the beginnings of green, clover and grass to be pasture. The fowls singing and then settling for the night. Bright, silent, thousands of stars. You come into the peace of simple things. From the author of the 'compelling' and 'luminous' essays of The World-Ending Fire comes a…

The peace of wild things - Wendell Berry

"The Peace of Wild Things" - Wendell Berry [1797 × 2047] [OC]

Famous Poem by Wendell Berry ~ "The Peace of Wild Things" by Wendell Berry is a poem for our times. It's my most requested poem. This

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