:: joyous expectation ::
" Today I live in the joyous expectation of the good." {Ernest Holmes} This past week I celebrated my 50th birthday. A joyous milestone,...
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Aug 4, 2023
:: July days... ::
" Ah, there is nothing like staying at home for real comfort." {Jane Austen} July passed by in a whirlwind of so much goodness. We have...
Jun 15, 2023
:: May days... ::
" It was such a spring day as breathes into a man an ineffable yearning. A painful sweetness, a longing that makes him stand motionless,...
Jun 12, 2023
:: dancing & shimmering ::
" Ivy had always cherished books for the stillness they allowed in a world that valued fast, unforgiving progress regardless of the human...
May 18, 2023
:: heart of this moment... ::
" The camera unites my hands & mind. I am utterly absorbed, rapt, fully present and intensely alive. This alignment of body & senses in...
May 13, 2023
:: a great, silent mystery ::
" ...moreover, the walls of my castle are broken; the shadows are many, and the wind blows cold through the broken battlements and...
May 1, 2023
:: April days... ::
" ...everywhere birds building, flowers budding, leave thrusting - everything happy, and progressive and occupied." {The Wind in the...
Apr 8, 2023
:: the one o'clock hour ::
" There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea." {Henry James} one...
Apr 6, 2023
:: March days... ::
" Like a tree, creative work has seasons. Part of the work is to know which season you're in & act accordingly. In winter, the tree looks...
Mar 20, 2023
:: hello, spring ::
" Spring returned. Birds followed ploughs. Stones were warmed by the sun. Rains and winds grew softer, and were fragranced with the...
Mar 4, 2023
:: February days... ::
these February days... a soft wind stirs through the trees... shimmering, shifting wintry light the crisp, effervescent air caressing my...
Jan 31, 2023
:: January days... ::
these January days... gray light foggy mornings many cuppas sipped seeking the sparkle and light amidst the often dreary days a quiet and...
Jan 10, 2023
:: maybe this year... ::
" We spend January walking through our lives room by room, drawing up a list of work to be done, cracks to be patched. Maybe this year,...
Dec 26, 2022
:: spontaneity and softness... ::
" ...that fleeting pause when time bends and magic hovers between the main celebrations of the seasons... spontaneity and softness become...
Dec 21, 2022
:: wintering ::
:: the quiet revolutions of winter :: winters arrival the still point of this every-so-quickly turning world a quiet beckoning this...
Dec 19, 2022
:: dear companions... ::
" Ye dear companions of my silent hours, whose pages oft before my eyes would strew so many sweet & variegated flowers..." {fr; book...
Dec 10, 2022
:: softness & quiet light ::
" A camera records what exists in front of the lens, but it also records something of the photographer, who stands behind it. In a sense,...
Dec 4, 2022
:: time to settle in... ::
" enveloping, cozy, warmth, comforting, soft, anchoring, slowing down, pause, a book in my hand, rest, renewal, snuggles, silence." ...
Dec 2, 2022
:: a heart all a-flutter ::
" Now winter lights its cheerful fire, While jests with frolic mirth resound, And draws the wandering beauty nigher, 'Tis now too cold to...
Nov 27, 2022
:: serendipitous serenity ::
" Some of the days in November carry the whole memory of summer as a fire opal carries the color of the moonrise." {Gladys Tabor} ...
nestled in quietude
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