:: 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,...
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May 27
:: held in the moment ::
" This morning, I am re-writing a poem by hand, doing my repair as I go along, hand & heart, puzzling over where to put feelings I want...
May 11
:: a quiet feeling... ::
" I'm craving silence, the chance to feel my way into the moment" {Katherine May} This deep need for expansive silence. To sit in the...
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 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...
Feb 21, 2023
:: essence of the hour ::
" I would like to do whatever it is that presses the essence from the hour." {Mary Oliver} through the window, the suns rays illuminate a...
Jan 31, 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...
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 10, 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 4, 2022
:: time to settle in... ::
" enveloping, cozy, warmth, comforting, soft, anchoring, slowing down, pause, a book in my hand, rest, renewal, snuggles, silence." ...
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 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 7, 2022
:: in this peace ::
" One lost the fret, the hurry, the stir; and there rose to her lips some exclamation of triumph over life when things came together in...
Oct 27, 2022
:: quiet arrival ::
" I have never been let down by autumn, to me it is always beautiful, always rich, it always gives in heaping measure, and sometimes it...
Oct 17, 2022
:: the magnetic pull... ::
" Today can go in a number of directions, a thousand beginnings lie in front of us: we drink our coffee and reach out to a friend and we...
Sep 29, 2022
:: September days... ::
" Fall has fallen. The leaves are yellow against the dark blue-grey sky and the winds have picked up. The winds that are still warm and...
nestled in quietude
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