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All the Wonders


Secret Messages
This morning, I found a secret message written in the fresh snow of the street. I came upon it backwards -- right to left -- and so...
betharichardson
Feb 251 min read
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The Long View
When I feel despair about The way things are Or hopeless about What is to come. When I feel lost, No longer sure of the paths I am to...
betharichardson
Jan 201 min read
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Love Is Our Hope (2024)
Where is our hope? Love is our joy, our purpose, our anchor, our hope.
betharichardson
Oct 8, 20241 min read
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Pre-Release Discount for "Davida Angelica Roared"
I'm excited to announce the arrival of my new book, Davida Angelica Roared . The book is available for pre-orders at a discount through...
betharichardson
Sep 1, 20241 min read
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My New Book - Davida Angelica Roared
“ Davida Angelica Roared is a courageous book about lions, wounds, and the healing that comes through roaring.” Thirty years ago I...
betharichardson
Jul 17, 20241 min read
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Resilient
I sit down to write And no words come. I am tired, Discouraged, Overwhelmed by the never-ending Reports of disasters and tragedies....
betharichardson
Jul 13, 20241 min read
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A Message from the Trees
I walk outside And look up at the tree in the front yard. Its branches are bare. Leaves, long shed, Were raked and carried To the...
betharichardson
Feb 22, 20241 min read
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Offer It All to Love
I am out of balance. Overwhelmed with worry about the sorrows of this world. I am tipping over into fear. Concerned that I won't know how...
betharichardson
Feb 1, 20241 min read
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Breaking Through
The weather app said, “Dense fog advisory.” But up here on the ridge, the fog had begun to melt away. I looked out the kitchen window and...
betharichardson
Jul 11, 20231 min read
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The Unfurling
I’m at the Haden Institute’s summer dream conference. Walking the lake trail, I found this fern in the process of unfurling. It inspired...
betharichardson
May 30, 20231 min read
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Waking Up to the Bad News
Gun-related violence is leading cause of death for children ages 1-19 in the US. -CDC Like the frog waking up to her imminent death in a...
betharichardson
Apr 18, 20231 min read
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Awake in the Night
The news about the school shooting at the elementary school in Nashville today has been so hard. I've been wondering what I would say to...
betharichardson
Mar 28, 20232 min read
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Metamorphosis
Help me be patient with myself During this metamorphosis. This shedding of what has been: Working Monday through Friday, Week after week,...
betharichardson
Nov 17, 20221 min read
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Love Affair with a Shooting Star
I don’t remember when I first fell in love with the wildflower called Shooting Star (Primula sect. Dodecatheon). Back in the late 70s, my...
betharichardson
Jul 1, 20222 min read
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We Have No Words
We Have No Words We have no words To express the depths of our grief, Our sorrow, our outrage, our despair. Lord, have mercy. Christ,...
betharichardson
May 25, 20221 min read
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A Prayer for Ukraine
SoulCollage, 5/21/21, Beth A. Richardson God makes wars cease to the ends of the earth. ... God breaks the bow and shatters the spear;...
betharichardson
Feb 25, 20221 min read
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This Year
This year, may we be kind. May we be brave. May we be resilient. May we listen More than we talk. May we give More than we take. May we...
betharichardson
Jan 1, 20221 min read
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When the World Seems So Broken
Birds These mornings, when the world seems so broken, I skip the news and social media. Instead, I go outside and contemplate the sky ......
betharichardson
Sep 14, 20211 min read
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A Message from a Rabbit
Each morning and evening The dog and I walk together Up or down the road. We startle a rabbit Somewhere along the way. The rabbit bounds...
betharichardson
Jun 24, 20211 min read
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Solitude
Let the noises fall away The chaos and clatter in my ears my brain my heart All this hubbub in my mind This turmoil in my spirit Let it...
betharichardson
Jun 14, 20211 min read
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