The sense of deep time brings a deep peace with it, a detachment from the timescale, the urgencies of daily life… a profound sense of being at home, a sort of companionship with the earth. —Oliver Sacks I spent my summer working at Whispering Winds Catholic Camp in the desert mountains of Julian, California. Most … More Desert Mountain Days
My eyes are small, but they have seen the beauty of enormous things Which leads me to believe, There’s light enough to see That you make everything glorious —David Crowder I just got back from a grand and life-changing adventure/pilgrimage/trip to Spain and Italy. I honestly don’t know where to begin, but this post will … More Spain & Italy: grace upon grace
So I just watched the movie Loving Vincent and salty teardrops are still dripping down my face as I write this. If you haven’t seen it, make some time for yourself to curl up and dwell in a story of art, mystery, emotion and the radical importance of a life. Human creativity and human … More Starry Starry Night
For all the air that’s in your lungs For all the joy that is to come For all the things that you’re alive to feel Just let the pain remind you hearts can heal —Paramore Adieu, 2017. And by 2017, I mean the overall suffering endured by so many this year in every community. We’ve … More Adieu, 2017
Freedom, ‘I’dom, ‘Me’dom Where’s your ‘We’dom? —M.I.A, “Borders” This past weekend I went on a short trip to Mexicali with a small group from my school. It was the perfect weekend getaway/break from the hectic schoolwork and daily grind. We explored the city, ate the most incredible food, went to a Mexican baseball game, and … More Mexicali
Be sure to put your faith in something more I’m just a girl and you’re not as alone as you feel —Paramore, “Idle Worship” A few days ago, my friends and I went on a spontaneous road trip to Salvation Mountain, way out in the middle of the Sonoran desert of California. It was one … More A Body of Flesh
Is this the world you want? You’re making it, every day you’re alive —Switchfoot, “The World You Want” These past few days have been heavy heavy heavy on my heart. I can’t stop thinking about Charlottesville. I can’t stop reading about it or listening about it on the news. I ache, and America aches. … More For The Aching Hearts
You can sit in the pine trees, you can feel at home You can breathe a sigh of silence in the woods. —Jake Bugg, “Pine Trees” This summer, my name is Apple, and I’m working as a counselor at Tomahawk Ranch Girl Scout Camp in the pine tree wonderland of Bailey, Colorado. Being a camp … More Apple in Summer
Open the eyes of my heart, Lord. Open the eyes of my heart. I want to see you. For the first time in all my 19 years of life, I left the United States and entered—body and soul—into a new country. I physically stepped through the San Ysidro Port of Entry into Mexico with all of my … More Abre Mis Ojos
Desert sky, dream beneath a desert sky The rivers run but soon run dry, we need new dreams tonight. —U2 This past weekend, I went backpacking for the very first time in Joshua Tree National Park. I can honestly say that I have never felt a more authentic oneness with nature than what I experienced in … More Creatures of Longing
