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:: 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 13, 2023


:: April days... ::
" ...everywhere birds building, flowers budding, leave thrusting - everything happy, and progressive and occupied." {The Wind in the...
May 1, 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 8, 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...
Apr 6, 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 20, 2023


:: February days... ::
these February days... a soft wind stirs through the trees... shimmering, shifting wintry light the crisp, effervescent air caressing my...
Mar 4, 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 31, 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,...
Jan 10, 2023


:: spontaneity and softness... ::
" ...that fleeting pause when time bends and magic hovers between the main celebrations of the seasons... spontaneity and softness become...
Dec 26, 2022


:: wintering ::
:: the quiet revolutions of winter :: winters arrival the still point of this every-so-quickly turning world a quiet beckoning this...
Dec 21, 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 19, 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 10, 2022


:: time to settle in... ::
" enveloping, cozy, warmth, comforting, soft, anchoring, slowing down, pause, a book in my hand, rest, renewal, snuggles, silence." ​ ​...
Dec 4, 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...
Dec 2, 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 27, 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 25, 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 19, 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 11, 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 9, 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 5, 2022
nestled in quietude
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