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Jun 26, 2022
:: with wonder in her eyes ::
" This day is forever a day to be held and cherished, because in it we shall have lived, and loved, and nothing else in the world matters...
Jun 22, 2022
:: begin the song... ::
" Begin the song exactly where you are, Remain within the world of which you're made. Call nothing common in earth or air, Accept it and...
Jun 20, 2022
:: a mind settled & satisfied ::
" My mind is settled and satisfied with the right of possession. I never travel without books, for it is wonderful what repose I take,...
Jun 16, 2022
:: I love to sit in silence ::
" I love to sit in silence when the day is almost done and see the distant hill the paint the glow of the sun... I love to sit in...
Jun 14, 2022
:: shaping our very essence... ::
" I think the first reason we read is to shape our very essence, to form the selves from which we act. We read first to shape the person...
Jun 12, 2022
:: the awakening hour ::
" The morning, which is the most memorable season of the day, is the awakening hour. Then there is least somnolence in us; and for an...
Jun 8, 2022
:: to restore & hush... ::
" The deep need to restore & hush my weary, distracted mind..." {Sarah Clarkson} Click-clack one stitch at a time. A centering,...
Jun 6, 2022
:: a little world of one's own ::
" I feel so intensely the delights of shutting oneself up in a little world of one's own, with pictures and music and everything...
Jun 4, 2022
:: into the quiet... ::
"...into the quiet of this page, this moment, this light." seeking joy finding peace feeling settled loving the light gathering the...
Jun 2, 2022
:: May days... ::
" A blackberry branch laid its frail white flowers and blue-green leaves against the sky. Just beyond, a tuft of sweet-fern unfurled...
May 31, 2022
:: life, lately... ::
" What matters is this: your intent to claim the day with gusto and bravery and longing. What matters is waking up and asking, What can I...
May 29, 2022
:: a reaching forth ::
" I guess she was so busy with her own happiness she had grown careless & was just wandering along, listening - to the wind as she leaned...
May 25, 2022
:: rooted ::
" Sometimes you need to step off the worn path, lay down with your eyes up to the blue sky, interlock your fingers behind your head, &...
May 21, 2022
:: resting ::
I always forget how important the empty days are. How important it may be sometimes not to expect to produce anything, even a few lines...
May 19, 2022
:: walking in this world ::
" There is a place where words are born on silence, a place where the whispers of the heart arise." {Rumi} As long as I can remember, I...
May 15, 2022
:: a heart tethered... ::
" By using words and photographs to record the little stories of our lives, we can create a patchwork of tiny tales and begin to build a...
May 9, 2022
:: life, lately... ::
" It was a splendid morning; and I went out to enjoy it, in a quiet ramble in my own company with my own blissful thoughts. The dew was...
May 7, 2022
:: the capacity for delight ::
" The quality of life is in proportion, always, to the capacity for delight. The capacity for delight is the gift of paying attention." ...
May 6, 2022
:: to go aside, to become still ::
" A quiet movement : the reaction against the breathless pace of our computer-driven world... a more meditative, involved approach to our...
Apr 13, 2022
:: gently falling rain.... ::
" The rain fell gently, persistently, making a little chuckling and burbling noise in the gutters. Edward, leaning out of the window,...
nestled in quietude
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