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The Mystical Comes to Us in Ordinary Ways, When We Keep Watch For It

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Carl McColman
Apr 28, 2025
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One day I was walking along Tinker Creek thinking of nothing at all and I saw the tree with the lights in it. I saw the backyard cedar where the mourning doves roost charged and transfigured, each cell buzzing with flame. I stood on the grass with the lights in it, grass that was wholly fire, utterly focused and utterly dreamed. It was less like seeing …

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