Those That Come and Go

March 13, 2016 · by jamesscottsmith | tagged dog lessons, giving, grief, loss, lost love, love, resolution, Saudade, sharing, unrequited love | 4 Comments

There are those that stay and those that come and go. The sun rises either way, the creek flows as it did a thousand years ago. Our little histories intermingled against the wider sky of how the world works. It is its own and we must belong to it. Yes, our hearts break and sometimes […]

Rascal Wind

March 2, 2016 · by jamesscottsmith | tagged faith, natural allegory, spring, the unknown, wind | 2 Comments

If you are ready to take up with the unknown, begin with what you know, something you can see, or hear, or touch or taste or smell. Stop trying to sense the world with words. From there, by way of natural allegory, the wild and dark matter will be rustling at the edge of your […]