“I must have flowers, always, and always.” – Claude Monet There’s something beautifully haunting in the way that flowers elegantly submit as they fade and wilt. We should all be so graceful.
“I must have flowers, always, and always.” – Claude Monet There’s something beautifully haunting in the way that flowers elegantly submit as they fade and wilt. We should all be so graceful.
“Some hats can only be worn if you’re willing to be jaunty, to set them at an angle and to walk beneath them with a spring in your stride as if you’re only a step away from dancing.” ― Neil Gaiman Lucca, Italy. My eyes scanned my surroundings—the perfect mix of residents and tourists—always on… Continue Reading
“There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find how you yourself have altered.” – Nelson Mandela It’s felt different each of the three times I’ve been back—but it always feels like home. Everything bathed in a warm, golden light. Lone trees on the horizon. And the skies. Oh, the skies… Continue Reading
“Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe I was at the movies, which looked more like an airport, with rows of uncomfortable seats semi-aimed at various screens showing non-discernable movies. I sat, joined shortly by two men near me on my right,… Continue Reading
“What’ll I do When you are far away And I am blue What’ll I do? What’ll I do with just a photograph To tell my troubles to? When I’m alone With only dreams of you That won’t come true What’ll I do?” – Irving Berlin I regret so much being so caught up in the… Continue Reading
“Up in this air you breathed easily, drawing in a vital assurance and lightness of heart. In the highlands you woke up in the morning and thought: Here I am, where I ought to be.” – Isak Dinesen “If I know a song of Africa, does Africa know a song of me? Will the air… Continue Reading
“Is it snowing where you are? All the world that I see from my tower is draped in white and the flakes are coming down as big as pop-corns. It’s late afternoon – the sun is just setting (a cold yellow colour) behind some colder violet hills, and I am up in my window seat… Continue Reading
“There’s no way to know what makes one thing happen and not another. What leads to what. What destroys what. What causes what to flourish or die or take another course.” – Cheryl Strayed I just finished reading Cheryl Strayed’s Wild. As is typical for me, I was anxious to get to the last page… Continue Reading
“And now we welcome the new year, full of things that have never been.” – Rainer Maria Wilke I admit I have trouble letting go. On each eve of a new year, I feel nostalgic to the point of weepiness. I don’t recall ever uttering those words I so often hear from friends, “Good riddance… Continue Reading
“Our hearts grow tender with childhood memories and love of kindred, and we are better throughout the year for having, in spirit, become a child again at Christmas-time.” ― Laura Ingalls Wilder As I sit here today, reflecting back on these past couple of crazy-world horrific weeks but – whew! – feeling lucky that we… Continue Reading
“Whiskey, like a beautiful woman, demands appreciation. You gaze first, then it’s time to drink.” – Haruki Murakami The blinds divided the late afternoon rays of sunlight, sending splinters of light all about the room to mimic a vertical prison; the setting sun drawing its own conclusions that we had chosen to be indoors on… Continue Reading