A Symphony in Blue and Gold
I know I’ve written about this before, my love affair with the colors blue and gold, how they play so …
Tag Archives: inspiration
Mary Oliver, Washed in Light
One of my favorite poets, Mary Oliver, died last week. I do not have the words to tell you how …
Three to Share: Beauty, Art, Place
I love discovering new blogs that inspire me and want to share three, among many, that I discovered this past …
O Holy Night, Images Sacred & Sublime
Star_birth_in_Messier_83_(captured_by_the_Hubble_Space_Telescope) I’ve gathered some images, sacred and sublime, to scroll through as you listen to “O Holy Night“, one of my …
“The Secret of Happiness” – A Coda to My Last Post
After my last post on “happy endings” for our novels or ourselves, I’ve been thinking a lot about what exactly …
Seeing the Self in What We Love
I’ve become mesmerized by the quote below I found on The Beauty We Love. These first four lines, especially, move …
Pied Beauty, Poem & Paintings
Pied Beauty by Gerard Manley Hopkins Glory be to God for dappled things – For skies of couple-colour as a …
New Paintings, the Folding Hills of California
I’ve long loved the way the rolling hills along the coast of California fold together and overlap, the sensuality of …
This Moment Is Too Important to Sit Out
I’ve tried my best to steer clear of politics on this blog. I spent too many years in the trenches …
“Something in This Sleeping Earth” – Two by Whyte, One by Fiske
All My Body Calls All my body calls for something in this sleeping earth we call the spirit. But how …
