https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/LornaDoone/Short stories and poetry inspired by love and the struggle for a life worth livinghourly12000-01-01T12:00+00:00https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/LornaDoone/569091It has been a little while since I was last here - partly because sometimes writing is like following the flow of the river, and sometimes it is more like being a sculptor, gradually chipping away at the marble to find the shape within. But there are other times, when words become a matter of...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/LornaDoone/558183Be Still And Know... Before I enter my retreat there is a ritual. No costumes are needed for this ritual, nor props; simplicity is the very essence of this time, for I am entering my special place. And it is mine. Nobody ever comes here, nor would I give another directions to it. No map shows...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/LornaDoone/557950Sing For Him He is the Lord, the King above all, He is the One, hear songs' his call; He is eternal Internal External Sing for Him! Through Him will be peace, All conflict will cease; He is stillness, Quietness Thunder Sing for Him! Through Him all creatures, Through Him our Teacher; He is wisdom...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/LornaDoone/556582The countenance so fair, the eyes so bright - please have a care; Do not use your beauty absently, To taunt my heart, to cruelly tease; For I am nothing much, my heart is heavy with this woe; Do not smile at me like that, for fear you see or learn to know How wonderful your sight can be to me -...