Andrew Wendkith

LMK if funny “Andy on pain meds” stories would cheer you up! Because I gotchu

We heal what we can see.
We heal what is illuminated for us.
We heal with comfort and warmth.
We heal what we can wrap in love.
-Irene Glasse

What in your life could use illumination? Where do you find yourself wanting comfort and warmth?

Can I light a candle for you tonight?

I love how the snow becomes matte as we move closer to the thawing time. It’s no longer the seemingly infinite number of sparkles spread out in puffy drifts along the trail but a sagging, soft blanket moving back into the earth.

Slowly the sun returns. The high 20s were a lovely break from the single digits. I love this space.

Circle ‘round for freedom, circle ‘round for peace,
for all of us imprisoned, circle for release,
circle for the planet, circle for each soul,
for the children of our children, keep the circle whole.
-Linda Hirschhorn

Can I light a candle for you tonight, friends?

The rivers run from the clouds to the sea and become the rain, and the sea is never filled.

So the beginning flows to the end and the end flows on to begin again.
-Jill Hammer

I wonder how many times I’ve made this meal in my life. My grandmother made it from the time I was an infant, and my first cooking memory is flattening the tortillas.

Sometimes it’s fun to experiment, and sometimes it’s fun to make a meal from scratch that you never need to look at a recipe for.

Beautiful walk this afternoon. I love this bit of land.

Last summer a friend suggested I use bread baking, or some other for cooking, as a devotional practice rather than a chore or even a hobby.

This has become known as Intentional Bread (or Intentional [Food]).

Here’s today’s Intentional Bread™

𝘊𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦, 𝘮𝘺 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘦; 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦.

Can I light a candle for you tonight?

Some thoughts on the sanctity of voice shared elsewhere online. Screenshotted here due to character limits

Absolutely beautiful, cold 2 mile hike this morning. Sun streaming through the trees on the way back and delightfully squeaky snow underfoot.

I was unsurprisingly the only car at the trail head ❄️

Overheard at the grocery store: We’re getting like 9 feet of snow, I’ll have time to make risotto.

Beautiful! Nothing here, yet, but I keep popping out to check

Absolutely blows my mind that I get to be here, in this place, with this land.

Where are you coming at today from? What are you carrying that needs sharing or remembering or to be held more broadly? It won’t solve the ills of the world, but it’s a bit of that finite energy of the universe transformed into light and warmth and maybe even hope for a few hours. It’s something.

Yesterday I was patching the knees on my daughter’s pants; at the moment it felt like the single, tangible thing I could do. If nothing else my kid will have a purple, heart-shaped patch sewn on the knee of her bright pink wool pants. It was something.

𝘋𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬;
𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘳𝘶𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘴, 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘯:
𝘒𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨.
-Blessed, Just by Being

Can I light a candle for you tonight?

Icy walk this evening. Hard to think about the plight of the world when you are intensely focused on not smashing your head into a tree

Breathe deep and settle yourself on the earth, even if that earth is covered by carpet and office chairs it’s still there, I promise. Breathe, over and over and again.

Can I light a candle for you tonight?

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘯 𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘯 𝘴𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭.

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭.

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘳𝘶𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘢 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘢 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥.

-Jill Hammer

Like ya do

Entirely unclear if by finding trees outdoors you mean “take a break” or “great Vermont lumberjack show letsgooooooo”

I'm pleased to be offered the pulpit at First Parish of Northfield, Unitarian again this Sunday.

If you are nearby I hope you'll join and if you'd like the zoom link please contact me by Sunday at 9am!

𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴
𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘮𝘴𝘺 𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴
𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦
𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘶𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦.
-From birth-day by Lucille Clifton

You did it, that whole 2025 thing.

How are you? What things have you carried into the new year because of habit or necessity or excitement, that can be lifted or released in and by community?

Can I light a candle for you tonight?

Wintry new year labyrinth and walk around Three Sisters Sanctuary

Happy new year, friends

I started offering my Friday night candles more publicly last January and it’s become one of my favorite anchoring points each week ❤️

How are you doing as the year comes to an end? What are you carrying tight to your chest? What are you gratefully leaving behind? What are you dragging with you like a 13 year old forced to walk around in the cold looking at holiday decorations with the family?

Can I light a candle for you tonight?