tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6877731088554997649.post3540835709425683517..comments2024-03-22T17:39:44.420-07:00Comments on 37th Dream/ Rumors of Peace at Sunrise Sunrise Sunrise Sunrise Sunrise Sunrise Sunrise: December Sunrise / Starcross Wreath / Reflections / The Lady of Guadalupeamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09212213177713917828noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6877731088554997649.post-19256621626771126862015-12-12T09:52:48.736-08:002015-12-12T09:52:48.736-08:00This is a very pretty wreath – it must have a nice...This is a very pretty wreath – it must have a nice scent. I like the quotation you wrote and I wish many people believed it. I heard on TV yesterday that 72% of Republicans in Georgia (which must mean most of the people here) agree with Trump that Muslims should not be allowed into the USA. I don’t have a word strong enough to say what I think of these people but it makes me very sad. I have lived here for many years but still don’t understand the main culture. When I lived in San Francisco I thought all the towns in the US where like it, but I was quite wrong and realized it when we moved to Georgia. There are still many confederate flags around where we live but everyone goes to church – I wonder what they teach them there…Vagabondehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10774109692564954568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6877731088554997649.post-9475068884188091432015-12-12T08:18:05.954-08:002015-12-12T08:18:05.954-08:00A very beautiful story. A very beautiful story. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6877731088554997649.post-9691342018713201042015-12-12T05:47:38.850-08:002015-12-12T05:47:38.850-08:00Tara -- Thank you for your comment. As I was writ...Tara -- Thank you for your comment. As I was writing that post I thought of you because I was remembering your affinity with Our Lady of Guadalupe and remembering a photograph you posted of your many images of her. Have I mentioned that a good friend of mine, who is not religious in a traditional sense, had an life-sized image of her painted in the midst of her garden on the wall of a detached garage? My friend asked one woman friend to sketch Our Lady and then asked her other friends to paint the colors in. Later, the woman who had done the sketch completed the mural My friend looks out at her frequently as she continues to recover from various health problems. My friend had a Jewish father and an Irish mother and grew up with her siblings in Mexico City. She felt an affinity for Our Lady of Guadalupe from childhood. <br /><br />You might like Brother Toby's book, A Winter Walk, where he honors the various traditions who celebrate or simply remember something sacred during the winter. It seems that all traditions do. amhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09212213177713917828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6877731088554997649.post-2620731104719334892015-12-12T01:24:02.403-08:002015-12-12T01:24:02.403-08:00Brother Toby's story is beautiful. I actually...Brother Toby's story is beautiful. I actually have had a love affair of sorts with Our Lady of Guadalupe for a quarter century now. It's a long story, but the short version is a friend recovering from surgery and chemo went to Santa Fe, NM. Found a small church outside of town, made contact with Our Lady, and knew that he (yes, he) would be cured. He brought home all kinds of curios and icons, many of which I still have.<br /><br />And yes, we would all be so much better off if we respected the traditions of others, and even joined in on those traditions. This is how we commune in love, and community.<br /><br />I love the wreath, btw. So lush.Tarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03052375488090209961noreply@blogger.com