Archive - Fleeting Temples

Some Thoughts on Ordinary Grace

Apr 13 •

Danusha Laméris

March 2024

Is Slowness Holy?

Is a question I wrote to myself, and then found today, scribbled on an index card in my desk. And while I can’t remember exactly what I was thinking…

Mar 14 •

Danusha Laméris

January 2024

Clues from Our Inner Compass

Jan 29 •

Danusha Laméris

A moment that changed everything

Jan 4 •

Danusha Laméris

December 2023

It’s that time of year, again. The time when I schedule an appointment to go to the eye doctor while I can still use the eye insurance coverage I have…

Dec 2, 2023 •

Danusha Laméris

November 2023

Writer's Season

Attending to grief and praise

Nov 4, 2023 •

Danusha Laméris

October 2023

What is a Dream Come True?

...and how do we know when it's happened?

Oct 1, 2023 •

Danusha Laméris

September 2023

The Give-Away Basket

Holding on, letting go.

Sep 8, 2023 •

Danusha Laméris

August 2023

The Conversation

So many things happen in the form of conversation. I think of marriage as a long conversation between two lives. A garden as the conversation between…

Aug 23, 2023 •

Danusha Laméris

Find ecstasy in life; the mere sense of living is joy enough.–– Emily Dickinson

Aug 11, 2023 •

Danusha Laméris

I believe writing poetry is an act of listening. It can mean listening to the voice of the creek, to the grass, to the hawk overhead, the bustle of the…

Aug 2, 2023 •

Danusha Laméris

June 2023

Why I’m Afraid to Write

Well, it’s time we talked about how scary it is to write. How totally awful it is, sometimes, to sit down to the computer or the page, feigning some…

Jun 6, 2023 •

Danusha Laméris

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