" There was only spring itself; the throb of it, the light restlessness, the vital essence everywhere: in the sky, in the swift clouds, in the pale sunshine, and in the warm, high wind-rising suddenly, sinking suddenly, impulsive and playful." {My Antonia} Here we are...the end of April nearing and I'm just now posting for March. Ahem. I'm not sure why it feels like a mental roadblock when I arrive here to post. Between all the various social media platforms out there, does

" When I am silent, I fall into the place where everything is music." {Rumi}

" Peacefully fresh, O February morn, thy winds come to me: quiet the light slants through the silver-bosomed clouds... Now 'tis that pause before the leaping spring, when over all things waiting comes a hush... In haven and at anchor rides my heart, and broods upon its swelling joys apart." {Laurence Binyon} a gladsome joy fills my heart... grateful for the hush these wintry months gift my life. a slowing down, settling in... a pause that refreshes, restores, re-settles my so

" I nest in language. I make my home in stories and let them hold me. Words become wings that enfolds me and hides me from the world. I feel safe among them." {Hannah Kent} A satisfying start to the new year. I've been on a reading binge (yes, more than usual) I've been loving all the time spent snuggled in the library, sipping my tea, comforted by the loving weight of a book in my hands. there is no greater satisfaction than this.

" His love of the transcendent, his ecstatic praise of the vast and exquisite beauty of the world... I want to be wide awake to the divine mystery of the world. To keep my face and heart turned to wonder. This, I think, is success. This is what I want for myself." {Hannah Kent : Always Home, Always Homesick} in the stillness of January amidst the chaos in the world I know that peace and beauty are attainable actually required for a life of hope and wonder. for the acknowledge

" ... softly, reverently... " letting the quietness of winter settle in...