by Kathleen Staudt | May 29, 2021 | nature
I remember the last time brood 10 emerged — featured in the “Poem of the Season” and here Walking in Rock Creek Park yesterday I had time and space to just watch and wonder – some had just emerged from the amazing array of holes they punch in...
by Kathleen Staudt | Mar 1, 2021 | Uncategorized
I am so pleased with this collaborative effort with my sister Beth who is a musician and composer. She has set to music my poem Lenten Villanelle . Here’s the link to the video
by Kathleen Staudt | Dec 8, 2020 | Advent, retreats, spirituality
We come to the Advent season and this year is for me, as for many, a disorienting time: no one coming home for the holidays, so I lose one of my most treasured incarnational symbols of the coming of Love — expressed through all our gatherings. And we have zoom,...
by Kathleen Staudt | Jul 7, 2020 | anti-racism, Justice, poetry
Years ago, visiting the Jefferson Memorial, I noticed these words inscribed on the wall – I am surprised that there hasn’t been more mention of them in our recent national conversation about racism and white supremacy He writes – way too mildly, we can all...
by Kathleen Staudt | Jun 15, 2020 | Evelyn Underhill, retreats, spirituality
Today, June 15, is the feast day of Anglican writer and spiritual guide Evelyn Underhill. A “hinge” event for me each year, in my own spiritual calendar, is the Day of Quiet Reflection in honor of Underhill that is sponsored annually by the Evelyn Underhill...