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,...