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When we can see the stars

31/12/2021

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We have the sky in common
when we can see the stars,
a place to gaze in union.

Yet bent down, flung afar
we worry about our futures,
we have the sky in common.

There's a world above us, further
and closer, a diadem mother -
a place to gaze in union.

What wisdom sits in wonder:
forgotten maps and visions are. 
We have the sky in common.

Woven webs of golden scars
our nighttime reservoir,
a place to gaze in union.

Our faces bright like lovers
when we can see the stars,
we have the sky in common:
a place to gaze in union.
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The Year of the Mask

28/12/2021

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the year of the mask
of wild unkempt hair
and curls returning
of compliance and co-operation,
collectively safeguarding, preparing, hoping. 

I've sewn more masks that I can count
for my parents, sister, husband, friends, children, self 
and I've washed them too
over and over and over and over again

to see the world's faces awash with masks
is now familiar, however strange -
people covering their faces
is nothing new. 

I remember when I was eighteen 
and in my first year of university
I chose to study Arabic and Arab,
Islamic culture and history for my major -
I'll never forget having lunch with a girl called Fatima
who told me her hijab was liberating
it was personal she said, her religious conviction,
but it was political too - it was a social statement
she wore wore gladly around her head and neck
and was radiant. 

Our bodies are personal,
they are inherently worthy of love and respect
of care, compassion, of tenderness -
they our ours; not something to simply adorn
cover, or undress for others - 
and yet our bodies and our garments
do affect each other. 


A mask can be uncomfortable and comfortable,
it can be right and still feel distancing,
it can contain a virus and share solitary,
a symbol for an unjust disease,
​a symbol for common good

it's been a year of masks,
and I have worn them gladly. 

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slow days

28/12/2021

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Oh the slow, lazy, hazy days that fall between Christmas and the dawn of the new year. How they lengthen with summer sunshine and books and leftovers. I recently made a second sleeveless hinterland dress in a beautiful fabric made from undyed hemp and linen fibers. There is something about it's earthy, neutral hue that soothes me. Like the sway of lavender blooming outside, sips from a warm mug of coffee, thumbing the pages of a new book... 
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Merry and bright

27/12/2021

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Christmas was a day of blessing, of excitement and sunshine, quiet and calm, candlelight. It was perhaps the simplest and gentlest one we've had as a family (in part owning to my being so weary and recovering from recent illness), and yet it was a day overflowing with love, and mugs of warm tea, good food and company, hearty thankfulness. 

May all God wants
to bless you with
come to be, and may
your inner mangers,
fresh with hope,
hold wonders of His love,
and splendors of His world,
and wisdoms of His word

May peace surround you,
behind and before you,
your words and work,
your hearth and kin,
and all the friends 
you haven't seen,
in your heart speak:
the prince of peace 

And as the trees of the field
clap their hands,
may you sing joy -
marvel in the clouds
bees and sprouting seeds
full plates and grubby chins,
jolly abandon
it all begins with love.
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early summer

23/12/2021

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December is a blur of endings and illness and sunshine and the garden bursting with colour and growth, the flap of birds and the buzz of bees. We pick spent poppy heads for the door wreath and eat the last of the snow peas and shell the first of the broad beans (which the boys call "exploding rocket beans!"). Our dwelling, Fiddler's Cottage, undergoes much needed repairs to the wood cladding and is also given a lick of fresh paint which is glorious to behold.. We observe the four weeks of advent with our calendar of boxes filled with love notes and sweets, we read storybooks and Christmas fables and scriptures and poems, on Sundays we light the candles on our wreath and reflect on the gifts of hope, peace, joy and love Jesus brings...
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    Emily Clare Sims is a farmer and mama to three young boys. Each day she looks for ways to notice beauty, contemplate her faith and savour the seasons...

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