mindsinger | April 9, 2009
Once more Spring is waiting in the wings. We see her peeking from the shadows of a magnolia bush where velvet buds, put on during the autumn, are ready at a moment’s notice to open into a wild display of magnificence. Lime green shoots are displacing brown leaves by the sidewalk and small knobs on [...]
mindsinger | April 9, 2009
When Spring was time to go barefoot in the greening grass and smell thunderstorms in the distance? When blackbirds followed the plows and disks through the fields feasting on uncovered delicacies? When a walk in the woods was a treasure hunt for box turtles and mushrooms hiding under May apples and Jack-in-the-Pulpits? When Quaker Ladies [...]
mindsinger | April 9, 2009
No one has seen nature as it was created since Adam and Eve. Fragile beauty and sweeping grandeur are reflections of nature’s intended glory but we see them dimly as through unwashed windows. Even an unwashed window cannot completely block the sunlight, so the purpose of God’s creation cannot be denied. Creation sings a sad [...]
Donna Swanson, poet, author, lyricist and artist, lives on the edge of the Great Prairie in Indiana. She has written and published seven books, soon to be eight, and is working on a chapbook trilogy of poetry introduced by Gloria Gaither. She has carved three full-size carousel figures and dozens of miniatures. Swanson writes two columns for her home-town newspaper: one for adults, Donna’s Country Roads, and one for children, Granny’s Place. Bible student and teacher of adult Bible classes for over thirty years, her poetry and prose are deeply rooted in her faith.
