Category Archives: nature

The Documented Life

Posted on February 28, 2022 by mhrockness

Oh the joy of being here (Cornwall) again and then the joy of a fortnight alone crowns it all – it is a gift from God. I have been making some first attempts with my “Brownie” (camera) . . . … Continue reading →

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Parables of the Cross

Posted on October 10, 2015 by mhrockness

It is in the stages of a plant’s growth, its budding and blossoming and seed-bearing that this lesson has come to me:  the lesson of death in its delivering power.  It has come as no mere far-fetched imagery, but as … Continue reading →

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Desert Rose

Posted on August 20, 2015 by mhrockness

The wonder lies in the (desert) floor itself.  It is a layer of crystallized gypsum, several feet thick, that underlies the sand of this district, and serves the land for all building purposes.  You will see scattered along every roadside … Continue reading →

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A Way of Seeing

Posted on September 12, 2014 by mhrockness

               “Oh, how good it is that I have been sent here to such beauty!”                                 Diary I have … Continue reading →

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On Pilgrimage: Living Lilias

Posted on May 17, 2014 by mhrockness

Darling Lilias The latter part of June will be delicious for me – and never mind Clovelly – stay here June and July and August –  and you shall have such children to draw – and such flowers – and … Continue reading →

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Our Works Will Follow Us

Posted on January 17, 2014 by mhrockness

“Our works will follow us. God may use, by reason of the wonderful solidarity of His Church, the things that He has wrought in us, for the blessing of souls unknown to us:  as these twigs and leaves of bygone … Continue reading →

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Come, Ye Thankful People

Posted on November 29, 2013 by mhrockness

Down here for a fortnight rest and writing – so ideal – visits before have been too short for letting oneself go to its atmosphere.  The harvest is just in, and thank God a good one.  The land is a … Continue reading →

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Sunshine of My Happy Heart

Posted on October 25, 2013 by mhrockness

“The peaks of the Mischabel were just shouting for joy this morning in radiant snow, after a day’s storm, and the late filaments of cloud were dancing round their crests. Oh it is a wonderful world.”   28 August 1901 Autumn … Continue reading →

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Glimmer of Light

Posted on August 2, 2013 by mhrockness

“In the garden there is an African ‘soldanella’ – not a real soldanella – only an African version of the same truth of the wonders that God can do in secret.  A garden border of a kind of thick matted grass, a … Continue reading →

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The Lilies and the Birds

Posted on June 21, 2013 by mhrockness

“Was it not Galileo, when the light of some great astronomical law broke on him – or was it Newton? – who fell on his knees and said, ‘I praise Thee, O God, that Thou has let me think a … Continue reading →

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