:: 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...
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- Jun 12
:: 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
:: 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
:: 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
:: 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
:: 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...
- 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." ​...
nestled in quietude
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