A morning walk in the garden reveals the witch hazel’s celebration.
Red ribbons in the February snow.
Meantime, deep inside this 300-year-old minka in the mountains …
The stone hearth warms.
Fire and Snow Meditation in a Japanese Minka
Beneath the snow
A redness of rejoicing.
In the stone’s enfolding
An inner fire’s glow.
Catrien Ross, February 2, 2010
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© 2009-2012 by Catrien Ross, founder and president of Energy Doorways, a Japanese registered publisher and godo kaisha at the foot of Mount Fuji. Catrien Ross teaches and writes about spirituality, personal growth, Japanese society, and lifestyle healing through energy medicine and reconnecting with natural energy wisdom. www.energydoorways.com
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Reminds me of the Camus quote: In the midst of winter, I found within myself an unvincible summer. One of my all-time favorites. Lovely photos and poem to warm a midwinter day.
It should be INvincible. Sumimasen.
Hello, Barbara, thank you for visiting and your reminder of the Camus quote. I have not thought of those words in a long, long time. I, too, have always loved them. Now, to rediscover that invincible summer within the depths of my own winter. Thank you so much.