" Ivy had always cherished books for the stillness they allowed in a world that valued fast, unforgiving progress regardless of the human...

" The camera unites my hands & mind. I am utterly absorbed, rapt, fully present and intensely alive. This alignment of body & senses in...

" There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea." ​ {Henry James} ​ ​ one...

" 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...

these January days... gray light foggy mornings many cuppas sipped seeking the sparkle and light amidst the often dreary days a quiet and...

" ...that fleeting pause when time bends and magic hovers between the main celebrations of the seasons... spontaneity and softness become...

" 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,...

" enveloping, cozy, warmth, comforting, soft, anchoring, slowing down, pause, a book in my hand, rest, renewal, snuggles, silence." ​ ​...

" Some of the days in November carry the whole memory of summer as a fire opal carries the color of the moonrise." ​ {Gladys Tabor} ​ ​...

" 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,...

" Soon the fire is raging, smoke pooling in corners of the inky room, the crackle of flames a primal sound that calms... connecting her...

" 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...

" 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...

" 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...

​ " 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...

" Thoughts begin to come to me in their quiet way... " ​ {Brenda Ueland} ​ ​ The lines I read, the photographs I capture, the thoughts I...

“ There is a coherence in things, a stability; something, she meant, is immune from change, and shines out (she glanced at the window...

" To practice any art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow. So do it." ​ {Kurt Vonnegut} ​ ​ perusing...

" The delights of the poet as I jotted them down turned out to be light, solitude, the natural world, love, time, creation itself." ​...

" 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...