Category Archives: Your Monday Blessing

Your Monday Blessing: Live Long and Prosper

Posted on March 2, 2015 by bobjanisdillon

Two children of Jewish immigrants. A factory worker’s daughter. A preacher’s kid. A D-Day vet. A boy from the internment camps. They put their shirts on, walked into the studio, and explored the galaxy together. The Captain of their crew … Continue reading →

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Your Monday Blessing: The Fix

Posted on February 23, 2015 by bobjanisdillon

The Fix I’m on my second glass of New Year’s Eve, and not as young as I used to be, but old enough for old friends. The nymphs course through the living room, shrieking the wordless songs of ecstasy, while … Continue reading →

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Your Monday blessing: The Salt of the Earth

Posted on February 9, 2015 by bobjanisdillon

You are the salt of the earth, Keeper of life, Carrier of the earth’s wisdom. You add the flavor of earth, your mother, And of sky, your father, To all the proceedings. Merely by being present, You extend the life … Continue reading →

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Your Monday Blessing: The present spirit

Posted on February 2, 2015 by bobjanisdillon

Your Monday Blessing: (with apologies to Mr. Dickens, and wishing him and his a happy 203rd birthday) “Come in and know me better, man,” the winter giant roars, He’s crammed your hearth with mistletoe while you were filled with snores. … Continue reading →

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Your Monday blessing: snow day!

Posted on January 26, 2015 by bobjanisdillon

May blessings come into your life like snow, Drawing eyes to wonder, Melting on various tongues, Urging warmth and comfort to turn inward, to the heart. May the drops of heaven connect you to the living and the dead, Burying … Continue reading →

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Your Monday blessing: for Martin Luther King day

Posted on January 19, 2015 by bobjanisdillon

It is easy to see a threat or a statistic or a shadow or a foreigner or a project or a failure or the help or a demon we see these things as easily as breathing we can see them … Continue reading →

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Your Monday blessing: The Pact

Posted on January 12, 2015 by bobjanisdillon

I’ll make a pact with you: Today we make the world more beautiful. Let us compose epics from the diner straws, And draw breath as our gang sign. The sky is full of pictures that can teach us Monday afternoon. … Continue reading →

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Your Monday Blessing: The Phoenix by Cheryl Dedecker

Posted on January 5, 2015 by bobjanisdillon

Your New Year’s Monday blessing comes to you from the pen of a friend and poet, Cheryl DeDecker. Thank you, Cheryl! The Phoenix 2015 A sense of anticipation And a dull sense of sadness Both claiming space in her heart … Continue reading →

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Where the Old Year Goes

Posted on December 29, 2014 by bobjanisdillon

There is an inn, where the old year goes, On the far hill, where the crabgrass grows, and the honeysuckle, Where the stones incline together, a few aurochs painted on their side, Beneath the thatch of rusted armies and dried … Continue reading →

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A room in my heart

Posted on December 22, 2014 by bobjanisdillon

Lord, I have prepared a little room in my heart for the child who is the light of the world. Nothing fancy: there’s hay everywhere, I’m afraid, and beneath the mess, the stone hasn’t been polished at all. You know, … Continue reading →

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