Octavia Butler
July brought an extremely hot and humid blast and then cooled into fresh breezes and rainy afternoons. It delivered sad news of relatives of dear friends transitioning from the world as we know it, as well as new life emerging with squirming cries. It gifted deep conversations with couples unlearning old patterns, but also contemplative sighs on the banks of the Huron River. It sent Lindsay on a journey to the eastern foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, while Tom soaked in some extra early mornings at the soup kitchen in Detroit. It beckoned us to Grand Rapids to see our friends working with a touring band and across town to our new one-bedroom apartment (note the address change: 1035 Holmes, #2, Ypsilanti, MI 48198)! Here are a few sights that we delighted in as we pivoted through the early summer.
Leah T traveled from North Carolina to see family
in Michigan. When she lived in Southwest Detroit
we shared life together in the neighborhood
lectio divina circle.
Michael Smith is the photographer and videographer
for the band Dispatch. Tom was Mike's freshman
basketball coach in the late 90's and they've formed
a strong bond in the past decade.
Lindsay accompanied the Charis Community in
Charlottesville, VA for a long weekend of conspiring:
helping with work projects like
mixing cement for a community cob oven (pictured above),
joining in multiple communal rhythms, events, and gatherings,
touring C'Ville, lots of deep & meaningfuls,
and even getting to play in and go for multiple runs by the Rivanna River!
An old playground a stone's throw from
the Manna Meal soup kitchen.
Lindsay finished Octavia Butler's
Parable of the Sower on the banks
of the Huron River.
We shared a meal with mentors Lily
Mendoza and Jim Perkinson on Belle
Isle, across the Detroit River
from Canada.
A reminder of Steadfast Love after an afternoon shower.
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