My husband, Dreamer, sees her first: Robin Dear seamstress of April stockinged in brown, your bright apron a blur, are you watching me watching you? How your beak darts and weaves, hemming the final layer of nest. Lady Robin bustles about on the bench — four feet from our window. I pull up a chair. How might … [Read More...]
I’m Laurie, a contemplative writer, musician and artist, who helps distracted, heart-weary people refocus on God in creative ways that spark hope and wholeness.

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Dear Mary Magdalene
Dear Mary Magdalene, About that woeful, bone-lonesome dawn. The gaping tomb. I have questions . . . Take the man you mistook for the gardener. Was … [Read More...]

Lilt: Stepping Gently toward Easter via Lent
Lilt: Stepping Gently toward Easter via Lent “Lilt” in Lent? Well yes, the word’s synonyms suggest faith on the upswing: spirited, buoyant, springy. How on … [Read More...]

OY Days
Oy, not again! After submitting to x-rays a week ago, I hobbled homeward armed with instructions. No broken bones, but for two weeks, amid my escalating stress … [Read More...]

Belated Epiphany
Belated Epiphany . . . Belated because, so often, words only come when they're ready. Or is it when we're … [Read More...]

Oh Dear
Oh, dear Author of All, here is my page. These spontaneous words of prayer anchor me. I sync them with each inhale … [Read More...]

Heartspring
Hark! the Cricket Let the cricket wind his heartspring And draw the night by like a child’s toy . . . Sounds … [Read More...]

Transfer Station
The transfer station awaits. Wall-to-wall, in her silver Toyota, ten-gallon buckets brim with trash: batteries … [Read More...]
Portrait: Dean Davis Photography