Liturgy for the New Year

Posted on January 1, 2019January 1, 2019 by Laurel Archer

How you start is important. The science of sport has perfected this, giving the advantage to the athlete who can begin from a dead start with the most precision, fluidity and power. Is that how I what... Read More

Solid

Posted on November 5, 2018 by Laurel Archer

Strong Shoulder of Rock, never worn down, even after ages of frenzied waves conjured by life and its forces: wind, swell, tectonic shifts, a hundred million, million creatures, the havoc they wreak â€... Read More

September New Year

Posted on September 1, 2018September 1, 2018 by Laurel Archer

While January is the beginning of the year, September always feels so much more like the real beginning — maybe it’s just that we need to get through all the new things to have time to cel... Read More

Dec 19 – Longing

Posted on December 19, 2016December 19, 2016 by Laurel Archer

In my dreams Emma sometimes speaks, which she can’t.  I wake bereft, flooded by the spillover of losses and longings I keep dammed up. I can’t stop my heart. It recedes and reaches – twists int... Read More

Spring Cinquain

Posted on February 26, 2016 by Laurel Archer

These fabulous crocuses sprang up through last year’s decay.  How can my heart not ‘spring’ up too? Arise, resurrection pathway to life – follow your own awakening; open bloom... Read More