Sep 9, 2023:: The smile of the soul... :: " The deliciousness of discovering a masterwork. The beauty of the first sentences, the 'what is this?', the 'how can it be?', the first...
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...
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...
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...
Sep 21, 2022:: word gathering ~ The Great Books ::" I believe a work of art is primarily concerned with the creation of beauty, whether through words, colors, shapes, sounds, or movement....
Sep 19, 2022:: a reading journey ::“ I wish it need not have happened in my time,’ said Frodo. ‘So do I,’ said Gandalf, ‘and so do all who live to see such times. But that...
Sep 11, 2022:: pierced heart & soul ::" Literature, before anything else, is saying, Be mindful. Stop whatever you are doing & notice. Allow yourself to be seized by this." ...
Aug 15, 2022:: all the lovely tales ::" All lovely tales that we have heard or read: An endless fountain of immortal drink, Pouring unto us from the heaven's brink. Nor do...