Category Archives: From My Chair

As I read the “The Sycamore” by Wendell Berry, I am reminded of a trip my wife and I made to Coorg, India.  Each night we were entertained by the family’s cook.  His stories graciously synthesized the family wisdom of … Continue reading →

The joy of a rainy fall morning light transition is to watch the blacks turn to grays turn to sun light shows. I finished John O’Donohue’s Beauty: The Invisible Embrace yesterday.  I didn’t realize that he was good friends with … Continue reading →

John O’Donohue reminds us that beauty is always around us.  This surrounding is the lesson I take away from his book Beauty: The Invisible Embrace.   The book finishes with: A Beauty Blessing “As stillness in stone to silence is wed … Continue reading →

The fall/winter rain rhythm returned last night.  The to/fro rhythm of the Port of Seattle ships continues in front of me. Today, the last of the cruise ships of the summer season returns. Reading John O’Donohue’s Beauty: The Invisible Embrace … Continue reading →

“Whoever cannot seek the unforeseen sees nothing, for the known way is an impasse.” Heraclitus The clouds this morning are almost smoke like creating a thin veil over the buildings of Seattle. I think nature is bemoaning the passing of … Continue reading →

“The quality of our looking determines what we can see.” – John O’Donohue This view greeted me thirty minutes into my morning “looking”: I am constantly surprised by joy when I remember to sit in my easy chair and look … Continue reading →