Solitude

November 7, 2014November 7, 2014 / Apple Hill Cottage / 16 Comments

Never one to fear solitude or think of it as lonely,

solitude

she relishes alone-time.
The flowers and trees of the nearby fields

tell her their secrets.
spruce sunset

Grateful for solitude, she turns off the radio to hear the quiet.

Water

November 5, 2014November 6, 2014 / Apple Hill Cottage / 4 Comments

I lived without running water for a decade
and now that I re-read that sentence
I can hardly believe it myself.

But it has made me forever grateful for

my morning or evening shower;
running water
filling a pasta pot with water from the sink;

and cold, clear water to drink.

*783 million people in the world do not have access to safe water. This is roughly 11 percent of the world’s population.

*An American taking a five-minute shower uses more water than the typical person living in a developing country slum uses in a whole day.

*12 percent of the world’s population uses 85 percent of its water.

119. Refraction

October 24, 2014October 28, 2014 / Apple Hill Cottage / 16 Comments

Refraction —

the change of direction
of a ray of light
or sound,
in passing obliquely
from one medium into another
in which
wave velocity
is
different.

I pray for refraction.