In honor of the Winter Solstice, I’m letting three poets do a “guest post” for me this week. I’m grateful for David Whyte, Judy Brown and Leonard Cohen for reminding us about dark and light and fire and air and to forget our perfect offerings.

I’m grateful for Nature’s reminder to sink into the quiet of these days and I’m doing my best to heed it even as our culture tells us to artificially light every corner and sugar-coat every minute.

As our precious Earth tips back toward the sun, may you find the peace in the dark, the hope of the light, the air that feeds the fire, and celebrate the crack in everything.