In the Fullness of Summer

Summer doesn’t whisper—it sings.
It doesn’t hold back—it testifies.
It pulses with life, color, and fullness—reminding us what it means to be unapologetically alive.

The Earth is not in hiding—she is in radiant expression. And she extends the same invitation to us.

In the Christian liturgical calendar, this is Ordinary Time—a stretch of days not marked by spectacle, but by steadiness.
As Howard Thurman reminds us, God’s presence is often found not in the extraordinary, but in the quiet moments of becoming.

Ordinary Time is a season for sweet, grounded tending.
A reminder that the sacred doesn’t only live in the miraculous—it is woven into the daily, the quiet, the unfolding.

And even here, something is blooming.

Summer stirs the body to move, to play, to open itself to joy.
This is a season for reclamation.
For delight.
For honoring the abundance that is already alive in you.

-Quiana LaRae

https://saintwell.substack.com/p/in-the-fullness-of-summer-a-practice

Anna took care of Skip and Liz's dog Jasmine for a couple of days last week, and it was fun to have her around a bit at our house (and to help me with some sidewalk chalk across the street!) 

please don't worry- Willow was safe and sound while we let Jasmine be in our kitchen. 

dinner with Anna's friend Serena from Scripps 

so grateful for these two..... 

We got to have some special time with Evans this past weekend 

as he came to town before he moves to Virginia for law school 

Anna and I got out our Kenyan dresses for Evans for dinner on Saturday night :) 

dinner at the Hestad's with Evans :) 

Sikose texted me when she later sent us this picture: 
"2 American Kenyans and a South African British walk into a basement..." 🤣

Getting this group together (from our days back in the Edge at UPC) is one of my favorite parts of summer traditions-- and this year marks THIRTY years of knowing each other!!