Ruth Lampard

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Looking out for blessings & wrestling them in a complex & limited life. Chaplain with Action For M.E. Healthcare, but all views my own.

Living with #MyalgicE & #LongCovid.

Virtual Pilgrim marking my steps against long distance walking trails. Have just finished Te Araroa Trail in NZ - where next?
#Pilgrim #Disability

The moon was large and high - and over Screwfix!
Wintry drama, lakeside.
Night light.

Time by the swollen muddy
Cod Beck hurtling rainfall
towards the River Swale.

A moment earlier I saw
a funny looking robin
on a low branch just above waterline.

She saw me & I saw her &
she turned into
kingfisher shimmer-blue & flew …

For all in need of glory
in/amid the murk …

https://youtu.be/Ko4mCRG-tvY

Cod Beck flowing muddy and fast

YouTube
Young oak, gold,
near dusk.
Behovely.
My retreat house opens Monday at 4pm, so spent a murky day in wonder at Fountains Abbey. The trees & wildlife were are magnificent as the Abbey ruins, all the better for being alive on a misty November day.

Among the ladder of chair legs
and curl of snake clad hassock,

Prayer.

Will start after my retreat.

Huge thanks to Adam (A Broken Battery)
for the clip - beyond my tech!

So wanted to share this piece
to show why it’s caught my heart,
during the Ukraine War &
Remembrance Sunday &
climate crisis.

We can change,
deal with our harmful past &
work together to build new life.

Hope.