Lost Lake by Sarah Addison Allen

 


"...As close to content as he’d ever been, doing what he’d wanted in an anonymous existence that he considered bohemian.
Bridge of the Untrue, rumored that young lovers weren’t able to cross if their love wasn’t real. 
"Camaraderie, where Conversation and moral support were the only things asked for and given freely." p. 133
Devin nodded as she took off her black glasses... Do we have to ask Grandma Cricket?
 "Escape" the word came to her mind before she could stop it... Everything would be okay if they held onto Each other." p. 24,31
Felt sorry for him, the way she'd always felt sorry for those who had everything and still it wasn't enough." p. 28
Her dad was at peace, but no one else was.” p. 125 “Happiness was inevitable, if she just let it Happen." p.129
"It's going to be all right," Kate said. "You know that, don't you?" p.25
"I knew it!" Bulahdeen said with a cackle...
Just when you think you know the ending, it changes."
Jack: "Just knowing you were in the world kept me going... you saved me." p. 282
"Kate had been asleep all this time... this was an adventure. She was alive and awake and in charge, and Devin needed to see that." p. 25, 46
"Lisette had been following them because she was looking to Eby as an example of what true happiness was. " p. 137
"Magic is what we invent when we want something we think we can't have." p. 66
"No amount of love and No amount of money would change people who didn't want to change. " p.137 "Never argue with an alligator." p.189 
Okefenokee over the past several hundred years p.34
Quirky grey T-shirt printed with a giant bicycle that looked like it was parked on top of a tiny old-fashioned circus... blown away by that perfect storm called love." p. 128
"Remember that we are conduits for happiness p.40
"She understood that the hardest times in life to go through were when you were transitioning from one version of yourself to another." p. 136
"That moment when you know everything is going to be okay... on the fringe of his primordial memory." p. 294 
Ursula, Mgdalene, and Betty ghost ladies she had made up." p. 113
Vaguely uncomfortable p. 94
 "When your cup is empty, you do not mourn what is gone. Because if you do, you will miss the opportunity to fill it again." p. 284 
UneXpected and eXotic p. 47 eXpress an opinion without free of retribution." p. 213
"You do great endings. I like your style." p. 293
"Zigzagging through the crowd in a game of chase, invisible comet tails trailing behind them." p. 236

Aaron Slator Illustrator by Andrea Beaty and David Roberts

"Aaron... Thank you."
Beautiful book, Beautiful message
Courage to all with a welcoming heart."
Day turns to Dusk and the Dusk into night
Everything about this book
From beginning to end
Gave me chills, hope, inspiration, and a desire to share it somehow.
"His heart fills with anguish. And hers? Hers fills with joy at the soul of this artist..."

"Imperfect hero whose courage fails
"Joy at the soul of this artist courageous and true"
"Knows he can do the greatest of things"
"Like the mightiest flames that banish the dark, hope grows in the soul from the tiniest spark."
"Must do what he can and hope for the best."
"Now in the hallway, a new garden grows, with jasmine and poppies. A rambling rose."
"Once there was a magical flower... which gave all who held it ..." [see "X" below]
Painfully clear / he'll never quite get it like all of his friends
"...Quest ends and the sweet flower dies, the students all gasp and Miss Lila Greer cries."
Rattles his heart
"Strength come from the heart and not magical flowers.
"That beauty and kindness and loving and art lend courage to all with a welcoming heart."
Unfinished post for weeks! so, I Used Public Library of New London's ...
"Write me a story. Write something true"

"eXtraordinary power!"


Saturday, March 26, 2022

Andie's band's first album cover Art by Julie 
Banana peel and Broken glass
Candy wrappers and Cars, so we went into the woods
Doe, a Deer, no, three!
Endearing comments followed a few shared photos
Geese
Happy Birthday to Logan
I kinda felt like I was wandering... 40days and counting... after 40 years of wandering. 

Misty is, indeed, a wonderful guide
Nature is always there for us when we remember to seek it
Overlook the trash. Pay attention to nature instead
Plastic forks and water bottles strewn
Quite a Quiet long walk after all
Rusted broken oil barrel
Staying in the moment, even Skunk cabbage can be beautiful
Tires, TVs, and Toys
Ukrainian family will receieveby Julie
Violet I've had for a long time, finally bloomed...


"Why don't You break my heart 'til it moves my hands and feet/ For the hopeless and the broken
For the ones that don't know that You love them / Bring Your love to life inside of me." ~
"Love Come to Life" by Big Daddy Weave
eXhausted in some ways, uplifted in others.
You don't have to pick it all up 
Zen in the letting go