Wordless Wednesday: This Made Me Cry
Video by Mark Gee on Vimeo, courtesy of the Astronomy Picture of the Day. This is an unedited, single-shot sequence, shown in real-time; with no time-lapse. Full screen mode highly recommended.
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Sunday Inspiration – Swanlight
Swanlight ~ John O’Donohue © 2001 If it could say itself January Might brighten its syllables on the frost Of these first New Year days whose cold is blue. Meanwhile in this corner of its silence A weak winter sun lowers down behind The moor that rises away from the lake. Beyond reach of light, … Read more
Wordless Wednesday: The World
(Full screen highly recommended).
Sweet Blessings of the Snow Moon
Tell me what you feel in your room when the full moon is shining in upon you and your lamp is dying out, and I will tell you how old you are, and I shall know if you are happy. ~ Henri Frederic Amiel, Swiss philosopher, poet and critic (1821-1881) Well, Mr. Amiel, I am … Read more
Wordless Wednesday: Our Story
(Be sure to go to full screen).
Thank you, Lady Luna!
Come to my hut – The crickets will Serenade you, and I will Introduce you to the moonlit woods. ~ Taigu Ryokan (1758-1831) It’s Day 27 of my Thirty Days of Thanksgiving practice, and I admit I am a little groggy. Lady Moon, who is quite nearly full, kept waking me up all night! I … Read more
Gratitude Day 23: Peace Fullness
This Turning, as I experience it, is like what poet Robinson Jeffers called “falling in love outward.” Our mission is not to escape from our world, or tune it out, or fix things by remote control, but to fall in love with our world. ~ Joanna Macy It is supposedly Black Friday, and we … Read more
Thirty Days of Thanksgiving, Day 8: A Rainbow of Brown
Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower. ~ Albert Camus In the blink of an eye, it seems, most of the crimsons and sulphur yellows of Autumn have faded into tan, auburn, bronze, khaki, and rust. Soon enough, they, too, will fade and by January, the prevailing color in our woods … Read more
Wordless Thursday: Happy New Year
(Thanks to my dearest John for sharing this. And I strongly recommend expanding it to full screen.)