Good Places by Kathleen Henderson Staudt

There is a sacramental light that inhabits all of Kathy Staudt’s poems. Place is important to Kathy, whether it be a small patio filled with birdsong, the kitchen in candlelight, or a dark church. She writes in luminous detail about the ordinary contained in these places. She welcomes us to experience the changing seasons of a lifetime, motherhood, marriage, moving to a new home through the changing seasons of the natural world. We are drawn into our connectedness to each other and creation with stunning images of trees and birds and sky. For Kathy, the seasons are all grace filled whether they be seasons of joy or sorrow, darkness or light. Her poetry reminds us of what it means to be present to both the good and the bad weather of our lives for all that they can show us about the blessing of being alive.

–Emily Blair Stribling, author of The Mercy of Light