:: spontaneity and softness... ::
" ...that fleeting pause when time bends and magic hovers between the main celebrations of the seasons... spontaneity and softness become...
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- 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...
- Sep 15, 2022
:: realms of the inner life ::
" Thoughts begin to come to me in their quiet way... " {Brenda Ueland} The lines I read, the photographs I capture, the thoughts I...
- Aug 19, 2022
:: comforted & sustained ::
“ There is a coherence in things, a stability; something, she meant, is immune from change, and shines out (she glanced at the window...
- Aug 1, 2022
:: making your soul grow ::
" To practice any art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow. So do it." {Kurt Vonnegut} perusing...
- Jul 22, 2022
:: delights of the poet... ::
" The delights of the poet as I jotted them down turned out to be light, solitude, the natural world, love, time, creation itself." ...
- Jul 16, 2022
:: how fine it is... ::
" God, rest in my heart and fortify me, take away my hunger for answers, let hopes play upon my body." {Mary Oliver} how fine it is...
- Jul 14, 2022
:: in a joy which illumines ::
" Her home was always witch-tales and words, stories into which she could escape... it was the soft quiet of the stacks and the scratch...
- Jul 6, 2022
:: softly... ::
" Each of us is an artist of our days; the greater our integrity, the more original & creative our time will become." {John O'Donahue}...
- Jun 22, 2022
:: begin the song... ::
" Begin the song exactly where you are, Remain within the world of which you're made. Call nothing common in earth or air, Accept it and...
- Jun 16, 2022
:: I love to sit in silence ::
" I love to sit in silence when the day is almost done and see the distant hill the paint the glow of the sun... I love to sit in...
- Jun 12, 2022
:: the awakening hour ::
" The morning, which is the most memorable season of the day, is the awakening hour. Then there is least somnolence in us; and for an...
nestled in quietude
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