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OCTOBER 28, 2012

I see you in every nook and cranny of Mexico,
it is as if you have become this land,
this place of your heart,
giving birth to the memory of you,
a love that is in the tiny hand of the beggar woman
outside the white church,
in the dancing la calacas,
in the mosaic tiles that stretch for miles
through parched land and gnarled trees
singing songs of sorrow
even while the dancers fill the streets
with light and color and joy…

You are in this glass of mezcal,
in the tortilla from the roadside fire,
kindled like your passion for simplicity
that was oh so complex…
Like the dreams of you that wake me each
night with a hunger and thirst that can not be met…
In the hot waters of La Gruta,
where mariposas and tiny winged jewels
stich these memories of you
forever into my heart…

In San Miguel de Allende Mexico

Twenty-Seven Turns Around the Sun

By Lea Goode-Harris • 15 Mar, 2024

twenty-seven turns around and around the sun the moon smiles as well

The Retiring of a Labyrinth

By Lea Goode-Harris • 05 Aug, 2023

Labyrinths provide us with a path to practice change. Some labyrinths have withstood the passage of time for thousands of years. Others are here for just an afternoon, drawn in the sand at the edge of the ocean. Many modern labyrinths were meant to last for years, but because of unforeseen circumstances their time is shorter than intended. And they once again help us to practice letting go and giving thanks for the time they are with us. The Labyrinth of Life at the Sebastopol, California Teen Center reached such place of letting go and is at the end of one chapter and the beginning of another chapter that is yet unknown.

Making A Three Circuit Labyrinth

By Lea Goode-Harris • 05 Aug, 2023

Sometimes... a labyrinth can take years to become a physical reality. In 2018 I met with my friend Deb, to discuss her desire to have a labyrinth on the beautiful land she lives on. Despite our plans and several meetings, listening to the land and finding the right spot, the labyrinth did not come to fruition. Fast-forward five years and in the blink of an eye... it happened!