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Lindsey Gallant
Lindsey Gallant
Let me help you pay attention to the glories in your own life. This is a place where small is significant, the broken is beautiful, and love is the deepest reality of all. There’s always an invitation to lift your heart. Can you hear it? The call to rise.

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It is still November, though we've turned the corn It is still November, though we've turned the corner into Advent! This week's prompt is a little different - we are looking for HOPE. Where do you see signs of hope in your November world? #noticingnovember #Advent #hope #payattention
A poem for the first Sunday of Advent: 1 :: Match A poem for the first Sunday of Advent: 1 :: Matchstick Strike! This is the sound of hope one splinter of wood, dynamite tipped, dashed against a scrap of sandpaper invisible breath of God ignited into a single flame small, but seen small, but just as much of the reality of day as the great, blazing ball of glory hidden beyond the rim of night, light of light, a begotten beacon in thick darkness a rising, first to waiting wombs and tiny, trembling yeses, and all the small forgotten holding candle stubs. * From Small: An Advent Poetry Sequence, composed for the caregivers of The Good Samaritan Society (www.gss.org) Free digital download on: lindseygallant.com Illustration by Elizabeth Evans * #advent #adventhope #advent2022 #adventpoetry #poetry #amwriting #poetsofinstagram #writersofinstagram #hope #sacramentofsmall
Advent begins tomorrow, and I've got something spe Advent begins tomorrow, and I've got something special to share with you. 🙂 This year, I composed some poetry for the caregivers of The Good Samaritan Society (www.gss.org). The theme of the sequence is finding God in small places, and when feeling small yourself. The sequence contains a prayer, four meditations on small things which correspond to the four themes of Advent – hope, peace, joy, and love – and a final blessing. I will be posting the poems individually here and on the blog over the Advent season, but if you would like them put together in a little booklet (with beautiful illustrations by young artist Elizabeth Evans), go to my blog (link in bio), subscribe by email, and you’ll receive it in your inbox. My little gift to you. ❤ Tonight, this eve of Advent, I'd like to share the first poem of the sequence, along with the first illustration. * The Prayer of the Shrinking Day The geese have flown and the black-tipped fingers of night claw into my fading colour a little earlier, a little hungrier, like thin winter mice nibbling the edges of my capacity. And I find myself growing smaller, pulling this threadbare coat tighter against the cold, tighter, colder, smaller, darker. Is there enough of me left to withstand the expanding night? Have I shrunk out of sight, out of rightful mind, out of the migration path of God? Oh heavens, the horizon is lost — do you hear my meagre cry? * #advent #adventpoetry #adventprayer #small #eveningprayer #advent2022 #amwriting #writersofinstagram #poetsofinstagram
To all my #noticingnovember people... sorry I've b To all my #noticingnovember people... sorry I've been AWOL most of this week! Due to technical difficulties, I haven't been able to take pictures with my phone camera, and I've (only temporarily I'm sure) lost the connector between my big camera and the computer and so... my apologies! I can tell you about some of the textures I've noticed this week... the gloriously deep weave of a warm wool blanket, the soft stretchiness of dough when it's been kneaded the perfect amount of time, and the varied patterns of bark on the trees as they slow their sap flow in the freezing temperatures. I hope you've reached out and touched some of the textures of November? Let me know if you have. :) #noticingnovember #payattention
Yesterday was our first real snow here on the isla Yesterday was our first real snow here on the island! Waking up to that first white world always makes me giddy. I went out in it for a few minutes and noticed the soft crunch under my boots. The leaves of the sugar maple are still crunchy on the branches, and our small hemlock tree is growing to carry more of the snow on its spiny needles. #noticingnovember #firstsnow
This week’s prompt is to get one step closer wit This week’s prompt is to get one step closer with TEXTURE. We’ve looked and listened and now it’s time to touch. What are the textures of November? How are its threads woven together? What does it feel like in your hands? #noticingnovember #payattention #texture
This morning I stood at my daughter’s bedroom wi This morning I stood at my daughter’s bedroom window and watched the sun rise and the smoke curl up from the neighbours’ chimneys. As I took in this graceful, quiet movement, the words of Jesus came to mind - the kind of rhythm he invites us to: “Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to me. Get away with me and you’ll recover your life. I’ll show you how to take a real rest. Walk with me and work with me—watch how I do it. Learn the unforced rhythms of grace. I won’t lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you. Keep company with me and you’ll learn to live freely and lightly.” (Matthew 11:28-30) And so my prayer for you today is that you would “learn the unforced rhythms of grace.” #noticingnovember #prayer #sundayprayer #grace #unforcedrhythmsofgrace
Has your week been busy, too? I haven’t been ver Has your week been busy, too? I haven’t been very good with taking pictures of the sounds and motions of November, but I have been looking for them throughout my days! I hope these prompts might have the same effect for you - helping you become more aware of and attentive to the goodness around you. Today I noticed chilli bubbling, heard the firewood sliding down the chute into the basement, and felt the warmth of the crackling, leaping fire. #noticingnovember
This morning I went outside and everything seemed This morning I went outside and everything seemed so still and quiet. No wind. The river like glass. Then I stood still for a long time, and began to hear things. The spring that feeds the river with a gurgle of freshness. Spruce needles falling off the dying tree as I shifted my position. And the slight flap of a small fish's tail. First I heard the motion. Then I saw it. The widening circles of another creature's presence under the water, making itself known like ripples of morse code. And I looked up and saw the moon and thought, there is motion, too, so slow that only patience perceives it. #noticingnovember
Fun mail for grammar nerds!! #grammar #grammarner Fun mail for grammar nerds!! #grammar #grammarnerd #funmail
We are almost halfway through November! This week' We are almost halfway through November! This week's prompt is MOTION & SOUND. What are the movements and sounds of November? Let's listen for November's music and maybe learn to dance along with it. This is a shot of one of our cats in motion... #noticingnovember #november #payattention #sacramentofsmall
Colours of mid November, gathered between showers. Colours of mid November, gathered between showers. #noticingnovember #november #fallcolors #fallcolours
Today our family stood at the cenotaph across the Today our family stood at the cenotaph across the road and remembered all those who were and are affected by war. The whole earth groans when we are not at peace. It seems like an appropriate day to post this picture of the tears of the tree. #noticingnovember #wewillrememberthem #remebranceday
I've got to admit this week has been a little hard I've got to admit this week has been a little harder for me! Strong cold winds, darker days, kids getting over colds - but I pushed myself out the door this morning for five minutes to find some RED. It was chilly but worth it. Red chairs that blew over in the wind. A low growing mountain ash tree. Bright rose hips. And one last geranium blossom holding on... #I've got to admit this week has been a little harder for me! Strong cold winds, darker days, kids getting over colds - but I pushed myself out the door this morning for five minutes to find some RED. It was chilly but worth it. Red chairs that blew over in the wind. A low growing mountain ash tree. Bright rose hips. And one last geranium blossom holding on... #noticingnovember #colourhunt #beautyhunt #November #red #fallcolors #fallcolours noticingnovember #colourhunt #beautyhunt #November #red #fallcolors #fallcolours
This week’s theme is COLOUR. The overall look of This week’s theme is COLOUR. The overall look of November might seem brown (at least here in Canada!), but if you look closely, you’ll be surprised at just how many colours you can find. This fall hasn’t been the same without our usual joyful riot of colour. Fiona’s hurricane force winds blew most of the leaves off the trees while they were still green. But I am determined to get out there and see what I can find! Some ideas for a colour hunt: Over the week, try to find as many different colours as possible. You could look for one colour a day, or pick a day and try to find them all. (This is also a fun activity you can do with kids. They love to go on colour hunts!) Don’t limit yourself to colours outside - maybe there are some cozy November colours inside as well? See if you can find: Red Orange Yellow Green Blue Purple Brown Black Grey White Happy hunting! 🙂 #noticingnovember #november #sacramentofsmall #colourhunt #colorhunt #beautyhunter #payattention
Ending #light week in #noticingnovember with a pow Ending #light week in #noticingnovember with a power outage! Thankful for the glow of candles.
May the Light find you today, on your windswept h May the Light find you today, on your windswept hillside, in your cozy corner, down your Sabbath path. Let open eyes lead to open hands, and a warming of the soul. #noticingnovember #november #prayer #blessing #light #sacramentofsmall
Happy weekend! I hope you can take some time this Happy weekend! I hope you can take some time this weekend to slow down, breathe, and notice the beauty around you. Here's to chasing the Light... #noticingnovember #november #light #sacramentofsmall #payattention #chasethelight
A couple of ways the light was moving this week. T A couple of ways the light was moving this week. The glow of tamarack and the dance with water. #noticingnovember #light #sacramentofsmall #payattention #november #autumn
I wasn’t sure I’d have the time or the heart f I wasn’t sure I’d have the time or the heart for Noticing November this year. Here on the island, it’s felt like November ever since the big storm Fiona blasted through at the end of September and blew most of the leaves off the trees. I’ve been mourning our colourless October! But I was inspired by a friend who dug back to a post I wrote last year and created her own poem about noticing November. And I thought, maybe this is just what I need after all. When things are busy and brown, maybe I need to pay attention even more. Maybe attention is the antidote for feeling overwhelmed? Let’s find out! Join for me Noticing November 2022. It’s very simple. The goal is to slow down and pay attention to the beautiful things in the November world around us. This time of year can often feel drab and dull. But I’ve discovered so many moments of joy and wonder and connection when I stop to notice what’s right in front of me. This habit of attention slows me down. It grounds me. It helps reorient my vision. And it pulls me out of myself and into something bigger and more beautiful. Join me and post your own pictures or reflections on what you are noticing using the hashtag #noticingnovember, and tag me so I’ll be sure to see it! Each week I will post a new challenge of what to be on the lookout for. This first week is all about light. What is the light doing? Where do you see it playing? How does it interact with the world? I hope you’ll join me! #noticingnovember #november #payattention #sacramentofsmall @poet.e.poetry
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