:: July days... ::
" Summer did come at last and, when it did, it was one of those summers of poems and stories and country pictures, a once-upon-a-time...
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- Jun 21
:: hello, summer... ::
" If spring is all about looking forward, and autumn about dying back, summer surely is the present moment: a long, hot now that marks...
- Jun 8
:: May days... ::
" It was a brilliant spring day; the day was radiant. Even the air seemed to have a burr in it, as it touched the treetops; it vibrated,...
- Oct 14, 2023
:: word gathering~ autumn ::
" She takes a deep breath of the autumn air, crisp & peppery, fuevulous & sweet, she feels it crackle down to the bottom of her lungs....
- Sep 29, 2023
:: autumnal greetings... ::
" Autumn is my season, dear. It is, after all, the season of the soul." {Virginia Woolf} If you've been around here for very long, you'll...
- Sep 5, 2023
:: August days... ::
what glorious days these were. dappled light. crisp mornings. trees laden with the lustre of ripening fruit. air lingering with whispers...
- Jun 15, 2023
:: May days... ::
" It was such a spring day as breathes into a man an ineffable yearning. A painful sweetness, a longing that makes him stand motionless,...
- May 13, 2023
:: 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 1, 2023
:: April days... ::
" ...everywhere birds building, flowers budding, leave thrusting - everything happy, and progressive and occupied." {The Wind in the...
- Apr 6, 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...
- Mar 20, 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 4, 2023
:: 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...
nestled in quietude
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