Pale rays of sea aster and heads of lavender smear the salt marsh mauve and purple, a wave of Easter colour, pungent with a salty, muddy scent. Seaside spirits sing a hymn, a cheerful noise, a chink of halyards and a flap of sails, wind, waves and distant whales. Kim M. Russell, 3rd September 2019 […]
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Easter
I remember, as a child, going to Sunday school and receiving a cross made from a palm leaf on Palm Sunday. On Easter Sunday, I would go to church with my grandmother, where I would receive an Easter message in the shape of a cross, usually with a picture of a lamb or spring flowers, […]
Rainbow of Life
space between rainbows colour of sun and flowers death is a secret Kim M. Russell, 2017 Image found on Pinterest My response to Carpe Diem Namasté The Spiritual Way #7 New Life (Easter) Chèvrefeuille has brought us a new episode of our ‘weekend-meditation’, Namasté, The Spiritual Way, for Easter Sunday. He has not only given […]
Easter Sunday
On a lazy Sunday on a muddy bank by the slow green flow of the river, toes dipping in the chilly water, hidden by the long grass, a hovering breeze stirs the air, sharp with wild garlic; blows daffodils’ trumpets, brash yellow strumpets; flutters primrose petals glinting in amongst the brambles; buffets boughs of flowers […]
The Myth of Mary
I do not think of myself as religious, spiritual perhaps, but I am intrigued by stories and women from the Bible, such as Delilah and Salome, and at Easter I think of Mary Magdalene. Mary Magdalene goddess and icon or penitent prostitute reformed by love anointing his feet and dead body witness of the […]