Lake Eden Arts Festival–A vision of things to come?

Love, prepare me to be a sanctuary, pure and holy, tried and true,
With thanksgiving, I’ll be a living sanctuary for you.

–”Sanctuary” as performed by Billy Jonas (Words & music by Bill Batstone)

As we left the October 14-16, 2005 edition of LEAF–the Lake Eden Arts Festival–listening to “The Deepest Part of Me,” a lovely Celtic tune by Dougie MacLean, Shonnie and I both wept tears of gratitude and sadness. Gratitude for the extraordinary weekend of song, dance, poetry, hiking, healing, crafts, healthy food, play, peaceful energy and, yes, love. And sadness that that this Western North Carolina gathering was over until next spring. (more…)

Tuesday, October 18th, 2005