Christmas hath a darkness Brighter than the blazing noon… (Christina Rossetti, “Christmas Eve”) Minutes before the shops shut, I walked supermarket aisles with other forgetful ones, gleaning the last sheaves of festive cheer while the muzak paused to say it was time. And two millennia ago, a carpenter and his pregnant bride found themselves strappedContinue reading “Advent 24: Incarnate”
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Last Light: For the Winter Solstice
On the shortest day, I walked down to the garden where, stretched out across the grass, the out-turned fingers of peace received theContinue reading “Last Light: For the Winter Solstice”
The Consolations of Writing 