I rescued animals when I was young. A dying sparrow, a lonely salamander, a rabid Chihuahua (my mom and I jumped on a chair and screamed when he had his first foam flying fit). Now, I find old furniture at the dump. I drag it home and give it life…

There’s a way to compile these seven installments into one, but I have no idea how to do it. Until I figure it out, then, here are the links, at least: The Swan Whisperer (part 1) Once upon a time there was a magical oasis. Deep in the surrounding woods, its crystalline waters hidden from the eyes…mccray-lori569.medium.com The Swan Whisperer, part 2 It was a magnificent Spring day, and Emory couldn’t pull on her boots and waterproof pants quickly enough! She grabbed…mccray-lori569.medium.com

On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me, A Swan Posing Grace-full-y Two Courting Swans

I read this morning, that very few people fulfill their destiny. I came to bring Beauty. From the bottom of the muddy pond, the Lotus. No one asks where it came from, or how it could rise from its squalor. Beauty is a magnet; captivating, inspiring. It makes this rough word livable. Lovable. Essentially delightful. It lifts us up out of our rankness so we can shine, closer to the sun. LBM 3/20/2023

Gifts falling away, music first, not practicing but still in me, all those years of loving devotion, the vast mountain of words, and now, the images which speak the all of everything, and should they disappear, silence surrendering to love, from the beginning, love. LBM 3/18/2023

It’s not clover and it’s not good for rabbits but it’s so cute, Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

After all these tears, a mountain of grace LBM 3/17/2023