Join hands, circle left,

Star through....ladies chain.....trade.....ah -

        "Swing and Promenade!"

 

Square dancing - the calls come thick and fast and can be confusing, but then comes "swing and promenade" and it's like a little break - "we got this!" 

 Everywhere anytime God,

today we remember Jesus coming to Jerusalem,

not on Air Force One, or Two, or even Ten,

but on Donkey One,

and in spite of ourselves

we find ourselves caught up in the excitement of the crowd,

our bodies and hands swaying and waving

like palm branches in the wind,

our hearts and minds singing with the stones

as all creation sings your praise.

Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord,

blessed is the one who comes in peace.

May the joy of this day flow into all the world,

but especially to places where there is hunger

and fighting, and fear, and sorrow, and suffering.

Yes - may your peace rest securely in those places.

Grey squirrel leaping,

twisting, turning summersaults (!) -

       just the joy of spring? 

Snowflakes in sunshine,

sparking fresh white glitter -

      I looked - no rainbow!

"Snowbow"? 

 

 

Thankful for these things -

People, Earth, Waters, Fish, Plants…….

       Now our minds are one.

 

The beginning of Ganonyok, Seneca version of the Haudenosaunee Thanksgivng Address, "The Words That Come Before All Else."  We went to the presentation at the United Conference at NMU.  Here are two links to two expressions of the complete address -

Boundless love site

Dance for all People site 

Spanish, French, German -

Poetry Without Borders,

        and I got nada! 

People read poems in 19 different languages. I speak only English! 

Flapping, soaring, turn-
ing, climbing, diving, splashing -
       seagull acrobats.

I especially like the "turning" between lines 1 and 2.  We were watching them at Picnic Rocks while we drank our coffee.