Sworn beneath the old gods (and new).
Carried like iron under the cloak.
Personal writing on faith, family, politics, and life. Discussion is welcome. Debate is not the purpose.
Faith · 2025-10-28
A clear record is a small mercy. That sounds dull until it is missing. A box of unlabeled parts. A tool no one can identify. A story with three names and no dates. A family habit nobody understands but everyone keeps defending. [more]
Faith · 2023-07-18
Planting a tree is an argument with impatience. It is not a very loud argument. The shovel goes in. The root ball is set. The soil is returned. Water is carried. The little thing stands there looking inadequate to the size of the claim made for it. [more]
Faith · 2022-07-05
By Midsummer, the year has stopped asking politely. Everything is up and moving. Grass, weeds, insects, heat, work, appetite, repair lists, plans that looked manageable in March and now stand in the yard with their hands on their hips. [more]
Faith · 2022-05-31
Some places answer badly to being treated as a bank. That does not mean they speak. It does not mean every floorboard complaint is a spirit, every cold corner a warning, every bird on a fence a message. [more]
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