Inspired by words: in songs and in books

 Abby Anderson's "Heart On Fire in Mexico" listen here

"Bigger Houses" by Dan + Shay listen here

Colbie Caillat feat. Sheryl Crow: I'll  Be Here" listen here

Evil was predictable; it cloaked itself in righteousness,  convinced its enemies must be punished." p. 235

Fernseed: the dustlike asexual spores of ferns formerly thought to be seeds and believed to make the possessor invisible.

Grateful for all the Gifts

"I will hold you close /You won't be alone anymore" ~ "I'll Be There"

Jack Straw Tavern, Salem, Massachusetts : " Just a warning," Robert said.  "Love can be dangerous." p. 232

Kissed him recklessly,  as if the world was about to end, but it wasn't.  It was only the story that was over." p. 240

"Love was cruel and unpredictable, and yet he wanted it more than words, more than anything." p. 190

"Laugh, I will make you laugh / If you еver feel like cryin'" ~ "I'll Be There"

Magic by the Lake by ?? P.204 Mia couldn't leave well enough alone p. 210

"Nothing was written in stone..." p. 206 "Nathaniel's birthplace was modest by comparison... "p. 208

"Once a girl walked into a library she could never be controlled again." p. 226

PJ Playing soccer

Quoting Thoreau p. 205 "Time hides no treasures; we want not its then, but its now."

Reading: 

"Single kiss lasts longer than a lifetime..." p. 228 "Sometimes walking away is the bravest thing you can do. When you get there,  you'll know where you are."

"This is your now. A Treasure is a Treasure if you think it is. The book is your Treasure,  and Joel thinks you have his treasure as well." p. 205

Until that time, I must ask you to leave." p. 226

"Violet-colored dawn would lead to a glorious late summer day, and the air was not yet suffused with heat." p. 191

"Words were magic. That was all he knew. Words were all he had. And if that were true, then anything was possible." p. 193 "West of the Moon was where you journeyed to meet the person you loved,  the one you would never forget..." p. 251

EXtraordinary arbor of twisting wisteria of  a variety introduced to Massachusetts during the nineteenth-century China trade." p. 208

"You're gonna be okay / You're, you're gonna be okay / Oh, the sun will keep on risin' in that old familiar way / And every little thing is gonna be okay ... " by Lauren Daigle 🎶 listen here 

Zest Bakery source

Quieting my mind

"Arguments became part of the Adventure,

Became discussions not threats." p. 39

"Caring. You could even call it love"

"Daily Wisdom [from a package of bacon] Feeling a little fried? Take a moment to stop and smell the bacon." :)

"Everything is Beautiful" by Ray Stevens listen here

From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg

God-Shaped Hole by Plumb listen here

Have It All (Official Video) by Jason Mraz

"I keep telling you that often the search proves more profitable than the goal." p. 61

Jamie and Claudia Kincaid 

Ken's post  Indigenous Peoples' Day

"Lost in the name of greed and ignorance" ~ Ken Law

Mom, before and after. It was a crazy week,

 but! still smiling ! 10/11/23

"No matter. I never really look past my eyes. That way I always Feely pretty. Windows of the soul, you know." p. 130

"On th inside where it counts." P. 150

Puzzled. P. 148

Quieting my mind and Quickening our walks... "Quit soaking in." P. 150

Reading: 

"Silence seeped from their heads to their soles and into their souls." p. 41

"Thickened by Time" p. 126 :)

"Undying gratitude. " p. 147

Verisimilitude: the appearance of being true or real

"Well, Claude, we just trade safety for adventure..." p. 125

Xavier Rudd: "We Deserve to Dream" listen and watch here 

"You really do have beautiful eyes. They're like looking into a kaleidoscope-the way those golden flecks in them keep catching the light." p. 130

Zoomorphs sorted and Zagarenski cards arrived. 

 

"What Life Does..." Inspired by Eleanor Lerman's Poem "Starfish"

"...And you wonder, is this a message, finally, or just another day?" Inspired by a poem called "Starfish"

"...Because you / were born at a good time. Because you were able / to listen when people spoke to you. Because you / stopped when you should have and started again..."

Currently reading...

Denis Hunter's Wildflower Falls

Eleanor Lerman's Poem "Starfish" click here for more

Flâneur: A person of leisure who strolls aimlessly, observing life and society. The word carries a set of rich associations: the man of leisure, the idler, the urban explorer, the connoisseur of the street. source

"Guardian Angels" by The Judds listen here

"Halcyon Days" very cool origin and explanation here

"I Wish You This" see "z" below for SacredBee art

Jackson Browne's "The Pretender" 

Kahu: Honored attendant, guardian, nurse, keeper, caretaker. Kahu “implies the most intimate and confidential relations between the god and its guardian or keeper.

 “Last night the channel was full of starfish…Life lets you take the dog for a walk down to the

pond, where whole generations of biological processes are boiling beneath the mud... Life lets you have a sandwich, and pie for your late night dessert. (Pie for the dog, as well.) And then life sends you back to bed, to dreamland, while outside, the starfish drift through the channel, with smiles on their starry faces as they head / out to deep water, to the far and boundless sea.” source

Misty chillin with me  Monday Morning 25 Sep 23

Now 5 October 23 so....

October skies

Pretender lyrics: "I've been aware of the time going by / They say, in the end, it's the wink of an eye / When the morning light comes streaming in / You'll get up and do it again, Amen"

Quickening my steps with Misty to burn a few calories (doctor's "orders")

 “Reeds speak to you of the natural world: they whisper, they sing. And herons pass by. Are you old enough to appreciate the moment? Too old? There is movement beneath the water, but it may be nothing. There may be nothing going on. And then life...Suggests that you remember the years you ran around, the years you developed a shocking lifestyle, advocated careless abandon, owned a chilly heart.”

"This is what life does. It lets you walk up to  / the store to buy breakfast and the paper... It lets you choose the way you have your eggs, your coffee... Then it sits a fisherman / down beside you at the counter who says...[see "L" above] ...This is life’s way of letting you know that / you are lucky. (It won’t give you smart or brave / so you’ll have to settle for lucky.)"

"Upon reflection, you are genuinely surprised to find how quiet you have become. And then life lets you go home to think about all this. Which you do, for quite a long time/ Later, you wake up beside your old love, the one / who never had any conditions, the one who waited / you out. 

Video of a song that made me smile:

What Then? Or rather, "Then What?" by Clay Walker; watch it here 

eXcited for Logan... less than a month away now:

Zagarenski's Sacred Bee Art