“the sweet, small, clumsy feet of april came into the ragged meadow of my soul.”
-e.e. cummings
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art credit: Salvador Dali ‘Flowers’ 1948
Apr11
Category Archives: seasons
Mar20
on the spring equinox.
now is this isn’t a sure sign of spring, i don’t know what is…
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“spring makes its own statement,
so loud and clear that the gardener seems to be only one of his instruments,
not the composer.”
-geoffrey charlesworth
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Art credit: Margaret Tarrant – The Fairy Troupe / Spring’s Flowery Cloak. Circa 1920s painting. A female sprite with a blue cloak shepherds tiny fairies and elves, each carrying a spring flower, through the undergrowth. Published by the Medici Society.
Mar13
never enough time.
and once again
the meaningless disruption
of daylight savings time
has returned
leaving
many of us
unmoved by it.
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“There’s never enough time to do all the nothing you want.”
-bill watterson, calvin and hobbes
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image credit: wallhere.com
Jan12
days to…
spring is just around the corner
Almost halfway thru January, February is a short month, then March …
it’s like only 20 minutes (as per Jerry Seinfeld’s calculations)
click on link below to see how much longer….
Dec21
this is the solstice.
“this is the solstice,
the still point of the sun,
it’s cusp and midnight,
the year’s threshold and unlocking,
where the past lets go of and becomes the future;
the place of caught breath,
the door of a vanished house left ajar.”
-margaret atwood
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art credit: Alica Block
Dec7
hail, yes.
my sweet cherry blossom spring doormat
has met the sour almost winter hail.
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“he ran away from the rain and was caught in a hailstorm.”
turkish proverb
Nov30
how long?
oh, i remember now.
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“in november you begin to know how long winter can be.”
-martha gellhorn
Nov26
outside.
outside
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“i cannot endure to waste anything so precious as autumnal sunshine by staying in the house.”
-nathaniel hawthorne
Nov8
what time is it anyway?
and with the return of daylight savings time,
this quote is more relevant to me than ever.
i literally just want to know what is the right time?
Nov4
welcome back, november.
“at some point the world’s beauty becomes enough.”
– toni morrison
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image credit: willowday flower project by gina – sweden
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