Anne de Marcken, It Lasts Forever and Then It’s Over

mary oliver, staying alive

Skull of St. Thomas Aquinas being transported to Fossanova Abbey. (2024) Photog: Daniel Ibanez

— Hazrat Inayat Khan

not getting closer by Jack Gilbert

Someone spoke to me last night, told me the truth. Just a few words, but I recognized it. I knew I should make myself get up, write it down, but it was late, and I was exhausted from working all day in the garden, moving rocks. Now, I remember only the flavor — not like food, sweet or sharp. More like a fine powder, like dust. And I wasn’t elated or frightened, but simply rapt, aware. That’s how it is sometimes — God comes to your window, all bright light and black wings, and you’re just too tired to open it.

sampling another white tea cake from fuding, this one from 2018. ☁️

it’s hot to be a bookworm

Faye Wong featured in the November 1997 issue of Switch Magazine.