Mey Hasbrook - Artist

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The Turtle
by Mary Oliver

breaks from the blue-black

skin of the water...

to dig with her ungainly feet

a nest...

and you think

of her patience, her fortitude,

her determination to complete

what she was born to do-

and then you realize a greater thing-

she doesn't consider

what she was born to do.

She's only filled

with an old blind wish.

It isn't even hers but came to her

in the rain or the soft wind,

which is a gate through which her life keeps walking.

she can't see

herself apart from the rest of the world

or the world from what she must do

every spring.

Crawling up the high hill,

luminous under the sand that has packed against her skin.

she doesn't dream

she knows

she is a part of the pond she lives in,

the tall trees are her children,

the birds that swim above her

are tied to her by an unbreakable string.

Lewiston peeps, coming soon

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Creative art materials are being offered on the year anniversary of October 25th, in Lewiston at Trinity Church, Lewiston, as well as other support options..

Today, due to an unavoidable situation, the open labyrinth hours will not take place. Our deep apologies!! We will be back on schedule next week. On 10/25 at 11:00, the anniversary of the shootings last year, at the opening of the labyrinth, we will offer a special time of remembrance, lament, hope and re-dedication. All are welcome to come to share in those reflective moments and stay to walk in the labyrinth. Meditative art materials will be available as well as opportunity for one-on-one spiritual conversations.

Maine peeps, the artist La Muchacha (Colombia) sounds phenomenal! Performing this Sunday, Oct. 6th, in Bath.

La Muchacha Since the beginning, Isabel Ramírez has allowed rage to guide her songwriting. Five years ago, when her solo project La Muchacha began to take form, Ramírez looked inward for clues to the sound she sought to create. She realized she was angry. “I would ask myself, ‘Why do so many things bother...