by ST, Nov 2024 My family heritage encompasses many who made the Pilgrim-age for religious freedom, from the 1620s on, including those who left the civilization of Europe & America to pioneer/settle the wilderness: some by choice, some by force. I relate to others in law who came later–such as the early 1900s–in search ofContinue reading “Thanks Giving: For the Heritage They Left Us”
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In the Last Days, Before the New Arrival
by ST, in the 1980s From early spring, in the season of the Lamb, We waited for news from the distant land: How fares the Vineyard, shall the tree give the fig? When harvest time is here, shall ought fill the crib? The month of Julius, then Augustus, the days were wasted, To pregnant fields,Continue reading “In the Last Days, Before the New Arrival”
A Psalm of Thanksgiving
by ST Thanks be to God! In giving thanks I give thanks unto Thee. Thou who openest the expanse of the heavens And givest Thy children eyes to behold– Even to the Touching of our hearts. Thy wondrous works, O Lord, In all this earth below Do amaze and awaken our souls. Beneath the surfaceContinue reading “A Psalm of Thanksgiving”
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