Welcome, Weary Pilgrim

Listen to this song at https://soundcloud.com/stacey-nalean-carlson. This was the week that winter got the best of me. Nothing seemed to be working. Nothing felt right. I reached out to a new friend, lamenting to her that what I most want……

Melting

Melting is messy. I forget this, in my desperation for winter to release its icy grip on the land and on my heart. Melting is messy. In the last few days, our gravel road has become adversarial. Softened and saturated,……