Peak of Fall

Our friend Marion has been coming weekly to reflect and write at Lagom Landing.  
This is what she wrote Tuesday.  

The are are "thin" places on earth

where the space 

between God and humans

is very small.

We call it Heaven on earth.

We say, for a moment, the veil is lifted.

Lagom Landing

is a "thin" place - a giving place.

We are given welcome here.

Even the asters and goldenrod know

and grow, to God's glory

giving out beauty.

Even the chickens know - all five of them--

clucking, quiet and content, 

walking in a group

following anyone who walks there,

giving their gifts of fresh eggs.

Even Bennie, the old golden retriever knows

and rests secure there, giving love, with kind eyes.

Even the vegetables in the garden know, and the flowers too,

growing bountifully,

giving.

Birds at the feeder, 

they know,

And gift us with bright color and music.

Best of all are the two 

who had a dream

a giving-dream

And began, with God

to make the giving-dream 

begin to come true.

Gathering around them

other dreamers,

other givers,

to complete a circle of dreamers, givers.

You come, too, to a giving place,

a place of rest

You too, can know

You too, can receive, and also give

yourself, to this "thin" place.

--Marion Maxson, October 11, 2011

We hope you pay attention to her invitation, and that you come and visit and rest.

I took these photos on the same day, a glorious, peak of the color, rejoicing day.

mystical bennie

view of house from west

view from basement, looking west