:: word gathering ~ to inspire ::
" There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of...
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- 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...
- Oct 11, 2022
:: autumnal days ~ word gathering ::
“ It was, as I have said, a fine autumnal day, the sky was clear and serene, and nature wore that rich and golden livery which we always...
- Sep 21, 2022
:: word gathering ~ The Great Books ::
" I believe a work of art is primarily concerned with the creation of beauty, whether through words, colors, shapes, sounds, or movement....
- Aug 23, 2022
:: word gathering ~ spirit of the soul ::
" What is divinity if it can come only in silent shadows and in dreams? Shall she not find in comforts of the sun, in pungent fruit and...
- Jul 18, 2022
:: word gathering ~ light ::
" She looked at the steady light...watching it with fascination, hypnotized, as if it were stroking with its silver fingers some sealed...
- Jul 10, 2022
:: word gathering ~ dreams of summer ::
"The summer came to life It burst from gray to fierce blue and gold in the blink of an eye; the air pealed with grasshoppers and...
- Jun 28, 2022
:: word gathering ~ light of dawn ::
To Morning " O holy virgin! clad in purest white, Unlock heavens golden gates, and issue forth; Awake the dawn that sleeps in heaven; let...
- Jun 18, 2022
:: word gathering~ anne of green gables::
~ fields glistened like cloths of silver ~ a tang in the very air that inspired the hearts of maidens ~ all feathery and wonderful ~...
- Jun 10, 2022
:: word gathering ~ heart & soul ::
" She is constant in all things. She is a fixed star, a true made bow." {Circe} ~ heavenly bliss ~ fringed with joy ~ into the very heart...
- May 23, 2022
:: word gathering ~ on creativity ::
" We must risk delight. We must have the stubbornness to accept our gladness in the ruthless furnace of this world." {Jack Gilbert} ~ it...
- May 17, 2022
:: word gathering ~ on poetry
" Surely, if something, anything, is to sustain your attention, your passion over a lifetime, it must have the capacity to reveal layers...
- May 11, 2022
:: word gathering ~ on beauty ::
" For the beauty of the world, and for its deep pull, for the mystery of it, & it's timing, for it's deep, deep knowing." {Once there...
- Apr 28, 2022
:: word gathering ~ stillness ::
" Let silence take you to the core of life " {Rumi} Hello, dear readers, I've been happily absorbed in organizing my extensive word...
- Apr 14, 2022
:: word gathering ~ slow reading ::
" Slow reading is a craft, a practice, a quiet movement, a meditative approach to the reading life." ~ to feel our landscape marvelously...
- Apr 6, 2022
:: word gathering ::
~ clarity flooded through her ~ moonless and pulsating with distant stars ~ pour all of her attention, pin all of her hopes ~ basked in...
- Jul 25, 2021
:: spin afresh, design anew ::
" That need to set down words - what I see, so - but words, words mostly - words have been all my life - this need is like the spider's...
- Mar 6, 2021
:: the mysteries of udolpho ::
Last January, I found myself happily immersed between the pages of this mysterious, often funny and highly entertaining gothic novel. I...
nestled in quietude
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