This poem came from seeing a quote my friend Liz Belz-Templeman posted from Richard Powers Pulitzer winning novel The Overstory: “When is the best time to plant a tree?Twenty years ago. When is the next best time? Now.” It struck me this isn’t just true of planting trees but really anything important in our lives that take… Continue reading The Next Best Time
Category: Life
Gnothi Seauton
The ancient Greeks believed Apollo slew a giant python- the remains of which were buried at Delphi. A prophetic cult grew around this sacred place, and young women who became known as Pythia would, in a trance, offer oracles in response to questions being put to them. Some of these oracles were…more clear than others.… Continue reading Gnothi Seauton