Daily Signet

Now, as I once reached out to my mother, I will now reach out to God—reach out to hold and to be held. Beauty, joy, love, and all, sent into the onomatopoeic synonym for “silence”. Hear it again. Life sent on. Life in vates for the Eleusinian promise.

William M. Boast

On This Day…

Annie Dillard born 1945 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: writer, poet and Pulitzer Prize laureate.
Works:  Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, For the Time Being, Teaching a Stone to Talk
Quotes: “How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.” “Spend the afternoon. You can’t take it with you.” “You can’t test courage cautiously.”