light
around the edges of clouds
hope
today
Ellen Grace Olinger
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Yesterday I learned how to add videos to posts.
I shared this video by Amy Shreve – recorded in Marquette, Michigan – on my Psalms and Nature site. Her video is directed by Gary Wixtrom.
Joni Mitchell’s art comforted me many times over the years. I may have been in junior high when I first heard her voice. In the mid-1990s, I also began listening to Amy Shreve. They both need prayers now, for their health. My turn to bless.
Joni Mitchell’s official website may be viewed here.
Amy Shreve’s official site may be viewed here.
Poetry found me through the Psalms and liturgy of the Lutheran church, then through contemporary music and writers, on to small press poetry journals, and especially haiku and other short forms of poetry. I could never reread or listen to all the art on our shelves, which recalls a poem from my archives.
books and music
from over the years
live on these shelveseven if I don’t
reread or listen againsomehow their
healing influence
is in these wordsEllen Grace Olinger
The sky looks like November today. As much as the colors of October inspire, November here has a special beauty.
Today I am listening to some CDs by Amy Shreve. Karl and I attended one of her concerts years ago at a church.
One of my favorites is Winter Come Gently. I wrote a short review on Amazon in 2012.
There are two videos on Amy Shreve’s website, as I write today: “To A Friend” and “For The Beauty Of The Earth.”
Blessings, Ellen
Poems From Oostburg, Wisconsin 