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June 18, 2006 · 11:25 am

Summer ~Salve for my Soul

The Peace of Wild Things

When despair for the world grows in me

and I wake in the night at the least sound

in fear of what my life and my children’s lives may be

I go and lie down where the wood drake

I come into the peace of wild things

who do not tax their lives with forethought

of grief. I come into the presence of still water.

And I feel above me the day-blind stars

waiting with their light. For a time

Wendell Berry

During the cold Winter months there is too much idle time to sit with sadness and regret. The cold, snowy days make plenty of room for too much thought. It is the absence of sun that hurts.

This Wendell Berry poem reflects my feelings on Summer. During the glorious days of Summer there is so much activity going on that my soul can rest in the grace of the world, and I feel free.

Here are just a few of the reasons I love Summer~

Fresh squeezed lemonade. Watermellon seed spitting contests. Meadow mint tea, fresh fruits, vegetables and herbs are in abundance. My garden is my sanctuary.

Roasted red peppers drizzled in olive oil and sprinkled with freshly cut basil and sea salt. Homemade potato salad with dill from the garden, a crisp salad and ripe red strawberries made sweeter by the fact that we picked them all ourselves. Of course a little BBQ doesn’t hurt atall’. I love going into the garden and rubbing the herb leaves between my fingers. Tansy and Lemon Balm are particularly fragrant. The woodsy apple scent of Chamomile is divine.

Slip and Slides and running through the sprinkler. Long lazy afternoons reading a good book. Going out for ice cream after dinner, on a whim.

White lights strung on the deck and sleeping under the stars. Looking for frogs in the creek. I do love the warm days of Summer.
They are salve to my soul.






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