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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 30, 2022
:: November days... ::
Goodnight November " The snapping pitch from a burning log, The faint scent of pine filling the room. Flames leaping about as if it...
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} ...
Nov 25, 2022
:: twinkle & delight ::
" Happiness is in it... and in this quiet of ordinary things. A table, a book with a paper-knife stuck between the pages. And a petal...
Nov 23, 2022
:: for peace is upon us... ::
" Fair is the world, now autumn's wearing, And the sluggard sun lies long abed; Sweet are the days, now winter's nearing... Come then,...
Nov 21, 2022
:: flickering of firelight ::
" Soon the fire is raging, smoke pooling in corners of the inky room, the crackle of flames a primal sound that calms... connecting her...
Nov 19, 2022
:: fills my soul with delight ::
" When the trees thicken into a wood, the fragrance of the wet earth and rotting leaves fills my soul with delight... I particularly...
Nov 11, 2022
:: mellow fruitfulness ::
" Autumn is a time to gently slow down; to rest, reflect, and prepare for winter; to embrace a sense of mellow fruitfulness, by easing...
Nov 9, 2022
:: these November skies ::
" Than these November skies is no sky lovelier. ...Not rose, nor amber, nor the scarce late green, is truly seen - In all the myriad...
Nov 5, 2022
:: a wild longing ::
" On an afternoon in October, or the beginning of November, a fresh watery afternoon, when turf & paths were strewn rustling with moist,...
Nov 3, 2022
:: The pearl gray month... ::
"November is the pearl-gray month, the changeling between warm crimson October and cold white December, the month when the leaves fall in...
Nov 1, 2022
:: October days... ::
" The rustling of leaves under the feet in the woods and under hedges. The crumpling of cat-ice and snow down wood rides, narrow lanes...
Oct 29, 2022
:: a fine autumnal day ::
" It was, as I have said, a fine autumnal day, the sky was clear and serene, and nature wore that rich and golden livery which we always...
Oct 25, 2022
:: a fine October... ::
" In the entire circle of the year there are no days so delightful as those of a fine October, when the trees are bare to the mild...
Oct 23, 2022
:: autumnal harmony ::
" There is a harmony in autumn, and a luster in its sky, which through the summer is not heard or seen, as if it could not be, as if it...
Oct 21, 2022
:: wild days of autumn ::
" I love the wild days of autumn, the west winds that rock the apple tree and bring down the leaves and fruit and nuts in showers, and...
Oct 19, 2022
:: taking each day as a gift ::
" There is a smell in the air, the smell of autumn, a yeasty, damp, fruity smell, carrying a hint of smoke and a hint, too, of decay. It...
Oct 15, 2022
:: holding eternity in my heart ::
" For patience joins time to eternity" {Wendell Berry} Mid-autumnal mood... leaves in full majestic glory, I walk enchanted....
Oct 13, 2022
:: crickle, crackle, crunch... ::
" The days passed on, the weeks passed on, and the track of the golden autumn wound its bright way visibly through the green summer of...
Oct 11, 2022
:: autumnal days ~ word gathering ::
“ It was, as I have said, a fine autumnal day, the sky was clear and serene, and nature wore that rich and golden livery which we always...
nestled in quietude
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