“In light-years there’s no hurry”

What would you do with one more day on the planet?

Look at this luscious moss carpet in our backyard. Complete with hidden heart.

Here’s my mid-week round-up of books, essays, poems, and prayers that made me think.

Devouring this book—and not just because I wanted to be an astronaut as a kid: In Light-Years There's No Hurry: Cosmic Perspectives on Everyday Life by Dutch poet and space journalist Marjolijn van Heemstra. 

It’s not too late for a new Lenten practice. Start singing.

I’m on this man’s side, even though I didn’t give him any money. Right? From Isaac S. Villegas at The Christian Century: “Giving to anyone who asks is how we acclimate ourselves to God’s reign, where everyone has enough because no one has too much.”

Wrote this poem when my uncle died. Keep his family in your prayers? One. More.

For a laugh, thanks to my brother who sent me this thread on X: Books of the Bible as GIFs from The Office from Amy Mantravadi who writes at

Sub-Creations

Your favorite Easter reads?

I’m working on Easter basket ideas from babies through teens, and I’d love to include your suggestions in

The Mothering Spirit Newsletter

which comes out every Saturday morning. What are your favorite Easter books or gift ideas, for your kids or from your own childhood? 

Personally I remain nostalgic for The Country Bunny and the Little Gold Shoes and will argue for it as a vocational statement about our multiple callings to work and family. Yes, I went there. About a bunny book.

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