The 60-Second Sabbath

companionship

  • New Year’s Day

    On this, the eighth day of Christmas,I remind us of what author Taylor Caldwell said:     This is the message of Christmas:    We are never alone. May you know this deeply, trulyin the final days of the season. Text and… Continue reading

  • Power Outage

    Day four without power. Thank God for firewoodand bottled water…even for Spam(don't bother about expiration dates)and  final slices of breadspread with strawberry jam. Thank God for blanketsand that awful day-glow orange afghancrocheted by my mother decades ago,that goes with nothingand… Continue reading

  • The Supper

    "We have here,"he said,"all the elements of the perfect supper."He waved his hand grandly across the table."Bread, freshly-baked, steaming from the oven,soft and hot as your midnight touch;water, cold and clear as crystal,bracing as your honesty, cleansing as your tender… Continue reading

  • You Plus Me

    If you plus mesimply doubles us,it's not enough. I want you plus meto equal Eternity,to total the Beloved. Text and image © 2011 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved.  Continue reading

  • The Cat Shop

    There is a small shopin my obscure little neighborhood,staffed solely by cats. They sell cans of cat food, or course,and a variety of toys made of feathers, yarn and strips of colored foil.They also carry catnip,from the run-of-the-mill, Petsmart kindto… Continue reading

  • Always Home

    In frustration,I jam the wrinkled, unfolded mapinto the back seat,crank the key in the ignition,and jerk back onto the highway. "I'm lost," I mutter."Hopelessly…" From the passenger seat comes the response,"With me, you're always home." Text and image © 2011… Continue reading

  • All God Wants

    All God wantsis to sit silently beside you on the porch swing,gazing at the sun setting over the lake,listening to the whippoorwill deep in the beech wood,watching the bats swoop after insects,knowing that this is enough. Text and image ©… Continue reading

  • Summer in the Garden of Eden

    So hot.Naked is good when you sweat this much.He climbs the tree in search of a breeze.Ah, here it is.Sunlight through leaves patterns his brown skin. He sighs for companionship.Where is that snake?Of all the animals,the one with words. Much… Continue reading