All the Wonders

Jul 10, 20223 min read

Notes from Mom in the Innisfree Log

Innisfree, 1950s One of the treasures of the Colorado cabin is a log that was started by our parents to record the activities of each...

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betharichardson

Jul 1, 20222 min read

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...

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betharichardson

Jun 14, 20211 min read

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...

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betharichardson

Jun 25, 20191 min read

This Holy Place

I have been content to be here in the mountains. Watching, walking, writing. What a gift to get away, to hold solitude. To sleep and wake...

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betharichardson

Aug 11, 20181 min read

Drink Deep

O God, you are my God, I seek you, my soul thirsts for you; my flesh faints for you, as in a dry and weary land where there is no water....

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betharichardson

Aug 8, 20181 min read

The Unwinding

How strange and wonderful that I can wake up in the hot, humid south and go to sleep in the cool mountains of Colorado. Today is my first...

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betharichardson

Jun 16, 20151 min read

What I Did on My Vacation

Took walks up and down the river canyon. Poked around and remembered. Watched the chipmunks. Took pictures. Knit a prayer shawl. Played...

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betharichardson

Jun 14, 20152 min read

Coming Full Circle

Every year, as a Clergy member of the Rocky Mountain Conference of the United Methodist Church, I travel to Colorado for Annual...

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betharichardson

Jun 13, 20151 min read

Innisfree

Today is the 150th anniversary of the poet William Butler Yates, the one who wrote the poem that gave this mountain cabin (and 4 other...

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betharichardson

Jun 7, 20151 min read

Enter the Stillness

I sat in the kitchen in the early morning and entered the stillness that comes with this place, this little cabin in the mountains. The...

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betharichardson

Jul 10, 20122 min read

Bird Friends at the Cabin

Since late April I have enjoyed keeping an eye on the Cornel Lab of Ornithology's the live web cam of the nest of a pair of Great Blue...

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betharichardson

Jun 20, 20121 min read

Pine Cone Memories

I saw this pine cone on a walk yesterday near the Colorado cabin where I'm vacationing. I've been coming to this cabin all my life....

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betharichardson

Jun 20, 20101 min read

Where Is Home?

Perhaps it's because of my dad's decline into Alzheimer's, but my return to the family cabin is especially powerful this year. It is like...

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betharichardson

Sep 15, 20091 min read

Disconnected!

On the 7th day of my vacation at a remote cabin in Colorado, the DSL line providing my internet connection went down, and I got to see...

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