by Andi | Dec 31, 2014 | Andi's Book, Written and Wrought
The ground outside this morning is frozen solid, a thick layer of hoar frost sparkling it to life. As the goats charged ahead of me at dawn, their feet created a tiny thunder on the earth. It’s a sound that gives me deep joy. Petunia led the charge out of the... by Andi | Dec 30, 2014 | Book Recommendations, Written and Wrought
You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees for a hundred miles through the desert repenting. You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves. – from “Wild Geese” by Mary Oliver I come to this poem again and... by Andi | Dec 29, 2014 | Written and Wrought
This weekend, I spent much of my time with my legs wrapped in a satin-lined blanket, my feet propped on an ottoman, and my fingers looped in embroidery floss as I cross-stitched away the hours. It was blissful. I woke this morning excited about the day for the first... by Andi | Dec 28, 2014 | animals
Yesterday, I walked up the big hill in front of the farm to the cemetery. Dinwiddie Tucker, who was born in our house and played professional baseball, has a white marble mausoleum there. And I was hoping to find some other graves, particularly those of the people... by Andi | Dec 28, 2014 | Book Recommendations, Written and Wrought
On Thursday morning, I’m going to start the new year with my friend Shawn Smucker’s book The Day The Angels Fell. It seems so fitting to break my fast from reading books by men with a book about a young boy on a journey written by a man who looks beyond...