Category Archives: Art-Music-Lit

Lindë Elenion, by Rachel Folmar

Posted on August 20, 2012 by Kerry

Lindë Elenion, Song of the Stars Even-time is drawing nigh And in the fastly dimming sky Bright Anor sinks her flaming head And silver Ithil, round and fair, Ascends once more the starry road Of night, and mighty figures high. … Continue reading →

Posted in Art-Music-Lit, Family | Tagged | 4 Comments

Bruce Cockburn – love in a broken world

Posted on May 31, 2012 by Kerry

“Like a stone on the surface of a still river, driving the ripples on forever, redemption rips through the surface of time in the cry of a tiny babe…” (Bruce Cockburn, “Cry of a Tiny Babe”) The Incarnation reveals the … Continue reading →

Posted in Art-Music-Lit, Theology | Tagged , , , , , | 7 Comments

All things are connected

Posted on March 7, 2012 by Kerry

“All things by immortal power Near and far, Hiddenly, To each other linked are, That thou canst not stir a flower Without the troubling of a star.” – Francis Thompson,“The Mistress of Vision,” Poems (1913) Arabian Star Flower Scale of … Continue reading →

Posted in Art-Music-Lit, Education, Nature | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Seasons, by Rachel Folmar

Posted on February 17, 2012 by Kerry

For Christmas this year, Rachel gave us a gift of herself: this beautiful CD of hammered dulcimer music, the warmth of her personal presence captured, in a way, through the magic of digital recording. Three of the pieces are Rachel’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Art-Music-Lit, Family | Tagged | 3 Comments

Mountains like clouds

Posted on February 13, 2012 by Kerry

O Earth, what changes hast thou seen! There where the long street roars, hath been The stillness of a central sea. The hills are shadows, and they flow From form to form, and nothing stands; They melt like mist, the … Continue reading →

Posted in Art-Music-Lit, Nature | Tagged , , | 1 Comment

Moonlight

Posted on January 27, 2012 by Kerry

As a pale phantom with a lamp Ascends some ruin’s haunted stair, So glides the moon along the damp Mysterious chamber of the air. Now hidden in a cloud, and now revealed, As if this phantom, full of pain, Were … Continue reading →

Posted in Art-Music-Lit, Nature | Tagged , , | 2 Comments

Little Women, lifelong children

Posted on December 7, 2011 by Kerry

“My child, the troubles and temptations of your life are beginning and may be many, but you can overcome and outlive them all if you learn to feel the strength and tenderness of your Heavenly Father as you do that … Continue reading →

Posted in Art-Music-Lit, Theology | Tagged , , , , | 2 Comments

Tolkien Quotes

Posted on October 1, 2011 by Kerry

Lisa Shafter, at The Traveling Mandolin, is at it again. I formerly linked to her intriguing accounts of her travels, but now she’s been writing a remarkable series of reflections on her favorite quotations from J.R.R. Tolkien. Check out A … Continue reading →

Posted in Art-Music-Lit, Family | Tagged | Leave a comment

Synergy and life

Posted on September 29, 2011 by Kerry

One of the reasons I love birds is because they prove, for anyone who has eyes to see and ears to hear, the limitations of mechanistic philosophy and the impoverishment of reductionist perspectives in science. Paul Klee, “The Twittering Machine”(Die … Continue reading →

Posted in Art-Music-Lit, Nature | Tagged , , | 1 Comment

Why?

Posted on September 14, 2011 by Kerry

Georges Rouault and Henri Matisse were both asked on separate occasions whether, if they were stranded on a desert island with no hope of rescue or of ever being discovered, would they continue to paint? Henri Matisse, La Musique (1939);Albright-Knox … Continue reading →

Posted in Art-Music-Lit | Tagged , , | 4 Comments

Thank you, Celtic Praise Troupe!

Posted on September 11, 2011 by Kerry

Yesterday for Septemberfest, inside the Oklahoma History Center with the Winnie Mae overhead and the dome of the Capitol building in the background outside, the Celtic Praise Troupe danced its last performance with three of the original members: Katie, Rachel … Continue reading →

Posted in Art-Music-Lit, Family, Theology | Tagged , , | 6 Comments

The Great Storm is Over

Posted on September 3, 2011 by Kerry

Words and music by Bob Franke John McCutcheon, Water from Another Time Peter, Paul and Mary, In These Times The thunder and lightning gave voice to the night, The little lame child cried aloud in her fright, Hush little baby, … Continue reading →

Posted in Art-Music-Lit | Leave a comment