faith – Page 2 – Hinterhaus Journal

Up High

The mountain winds, like the dew and rain, sunshine and snow, are measured and bestowed with love on the forests to develop their strength and beauty. –John Muir

I used to walk in tennis shoes, miles under my feet, until I wanted to climb around on the mountains and bought a pair of boots. Lately it feels every inch of my life is a mountain worthy of those Danners. After another Saturday in the winery kitchen, I laced them up and kept paceContinue reading “When I Can’t See Ahead”

Worlds

It is cool these May mornings when I walk out to Hinterhaus. I open up the picket gate that I hung last fall and walk the big yard to the shed door. On the way there will be a new gopher mound or two piled up on the grass and the birds fill the airContinue reading “Worlds”

God’s Friend

There is a girl in the winery kitchen where I spend my working days. She likes to call me (with a half concealed smirk) her work acquaintance when I proudly call her my friend. She’s only 25 years old, she is funny and quirky in the most perfect and delightful sort of way. Every day,Continue reading “God’s Friend”