rgummereMay 14, 20212 minOne Fine DayListen. It's been a tough year, a crazy year. An unthinkable year. The loss of life, unimaginable. So many shattered hopes and dreams....
rgummereMay 5, 20211 minA Heartfelt "How the Heck Are Ya?" and a Brief PostGreetings, all you lovely people! I hope all is well with you and yours and everyone is enjoying the full beauty of spring! I am now...
rgummereMar 9, 20214 minLiftedA meditation from early last month. Hoping everyone is staying healthy. Spring is on the way! I’m standing at the edge of a floodplain in...
rgummereJan 2, 20214 minNew Year's Day, 2021This morning the water in both birdbaths was frozen solid. As I sat with my morning coffee, the doves and the finches and the...
rgummereDec 21, 20202 minAfter DarknessDear Ones, I write to you from the other side of something, but I’m not sure what. On the other side of the Winter Solstice, the moment...
rgummereJan 13, 20202 minThe Land of EnchantmentThe word comes from the French, enchanter, meaning, "bewitch, charm, cast a spell," which is in turn from the Latin, incantare, "to...
rgummereDec 31, 20192 minA New Journey BeginsIt is late afternoon on this bright, chilly winter day, and I am ensconced in a small 1800's-era adobe casita in the heart of...
rgummereJul 22, 20194 minThe Thing With FeathersWhere has the summer gone?? Egad! Just yesterday, back in May, when the lilacs were blooming and a spring breeze blew in through my...
rgummereMay 17, 20195 minThat Eye We May Not KnowWell I left my happy home To see what I could find out I left my folk and friends With the aim to clear my mind out Cat Stevens’s...
rgummereApr 9, 20194 min11 Little Goats in April“There is an end to everything, to good things as well.” (So sayeth 14th century poet Geoffrey Chaucer in his epic poem, "Troilus and...
rgummereJan 20, 20195 minEighteen DaysIt is Day Six of my eighteen-day residency at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. VCCA is in Amherst, Virginia, home of Sweet...
rgummereOct 25, 20186 minBear With MeI want to take a moment and welcome new subscribers, many who've joined this “Chasing Light” caravan after reading my travel essay in The...
rgummereOct 24, 20175 minHappy, Happy, Joy, JoyIt is early on a Sunday morning. I’m sitting in the empty lobby bar at the Renaissance Marriott Hotel in Charlotte, North Carolina, the...