Blossoming: All New Grace Goad Works, Shimai Gallery
“Blossoming” Join us to celebrate the blossoming of Shimai Artist Grace Walker Goad during Autism Acceptance Month Saturday, April 29, 2 – 4 p.m. We’re looking forward to having all of you here with us, Thank you, Becca, Michele, Leisa and Grace...
Message of the Mammoth Moth: Grace in the Time of Corona
Tonight's back porch visitor was a Cecropia, the largest moth native to North America. I relish these cool evenings. If we're lucky, they'll stretch into June, as they've done a handful of past summers. Cool enough to keep the back door open until I turn off the...
Year Two—Still Seeking the Resurrection: Grace in the Time of Corona
“Happy Resurrection from Fear to Love, from grief to joy, from ego to Field, from separation to Unity. You are Loved and kept in the Light.” —Rev. Dr. Kenneth Wheaton, Ph.D. Reading back over posts like this one written during our first pandemic Easter, the person who...
Lessons of the Lenten Roses: Grace in the Time of Corona
"As with the season of Lent itself—a wintry season of contemplation, spiritual focus, and petition—these symbols of new life, out of the deathlike state of winter, are emblems of the newness of spring, rebirth, and rejuvenation. — James Theodore Farmer III The much...
Self-Love on V-Day: Grace in the Time of Corona
As I dumped the water, noticing how thirsty the roses, and as I refilled the vase, I thought: these are some of the most beautiful roses I've ever had. And. Funny: I bought them for myself. Then I realized how fitting.... Whether you have a partner or not this...
Pandemic Reinvention II: Grace in the Time of Corona
Notice the difference between the photographs of the same species of bird, taken in two different states on the same day one year apart. There's a story there. And I'm going to weave it here for you. For 10 lovely, but, upon reflection, intense first 10 days of the...
2020, Lessons Learned: Grace in the Time of Corona
2020—What did you learn? What did we learn? What did I learn?: I may have just been accused of being Pollyanna. I question that of myself regularly. Yet, again and again, I justify my thoughts based on my experiences—which have included my own share of grief,...
