Month: July 2014

July 4th at My House

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on July 4, 2014. Posted in General. No Comments on July 4th at My House

The breeze blows through the open windows Letting in the Breeze The fountain plays Wind chimes add hidden notes Creatures still Waiting on the Saint Inside the fan whirls and we peer through screens at the wider world It’s hard to capture shadow and light Peace is easy Tonight we’ll watch the fireworks from the balcony and...

My Wednesdays

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on July 2, 2014. Posted in General. 3 Comments on My Wednesdays

I never know what to do with Wednesdays. At 8:00, I go to church. The priest sometimes stops the liturgy to urge us to look overhead and watch the light show: dust motes floating in the sunbeams from the stained glass windows. Today, because it’s Fourth of July week, the guitarist during communion plays “This Land is Your Land.”...