"Earth take away
Make away sorrow,
Bury the lark's bones
Under the turf.
Bury my grief.

Black crow tear away
Rend away sorrow,
Talon and beak
Pluck out the heart
And the nerves of pain,
Tear away grief."

from Spell Against Sorrow

      Kathleen Raine

 

A house with Helen and I, two dogs and a cat

still seems empty.

 

It is a wintry day in Calgary and in

a peaceful albeit snowy backyard

Shaun is enjoying a quiet moment.

 

Did someone say " Release the Kraken "

 

 

 

The Clash of the Titans begins

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And ends, with no one actually bitten

 

 

"I come into the peace of wild things
who do not tax their lives with forethought
of grief. I come into the presence of still water.
And I feel above me the day-blind stars
waiting with their light."

 

The Peace of Wild Things

Wendell Berry