:: hello, spring ::
" Spring returned. Birds followed ploughs. Stones were warmed by the sun. Rains and winds grew softer, and were fragranced with the...
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- Mar 4
:: February days... ::
these February days... a soft wind stirs through the trees... shimmering, shifting wintry light the crisp, effervescent air caressing my...
- Dec 26, 2022
:: spontaneity and softness... ::
" ...that fleeting pause when time bends and magic hovers between the main celebrations of the seasons... spontaneity and softness become...
- Dec 21, 2022
:: wintering ::
:: the quiet revolutions of winter :: winters arrival the still point of this every-so-quickly turning world a quiet beckoning this...
- 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...
nestled in quietude
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