Solace in a Book

Happenstance

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Salutations! Hope August is going well for you. We’re already going into the second week of the month so if you have some summer activity on your to-do list, you better get to it.  Before you know it, we’ll be raking leaves and setting our clocks back. As per usual, I don’t really have a list of things I’d like get accomplished – I am a meanderer that way. Last weekend I was happy to go, spur of the moment, to a poetry reading at Woman Made Gallery and then to an art fair … [Read more...]

Glimpse of Solace: Kevin Nance

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    There's one more week to see Kevin Nance's photographs of St. James Cathedral at the cathedral (at Kyle's Gallery Place in St James Commons, 65 E. Huron, Chicago).  The exhibit is aptly titled: "How Lovely is Thy Dwelling Place." You can also look at his work at the Andersonville Galleria, 5247 N. Clark, Chicago. Kevin Nance is a Chicago-based photographer, photojournalist, and freelance writer. His work appears in the Chicago Tribune, the … [Read more...]

Solace of the faithful

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Hello, hello. Almost August—can you believe it? I know I am old because time is passing more quickly, and not just because it’s summer. When I published Solace in So Many Words I made a decision not to include work that was overtly religious. There were several reasons for that. But I know that God and religion and faith and prayer are all-important sources of solace for many people. So today’s posts reflect that. Laura Rodley’s poem "Meeting the Father" in the … [Read more...]