the northern hemisphere summer solstice will occur at 5:14 a.m. et on june 21, 2022
the hour is upon us
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“an inch of time on the sundial is worth more than a foot of jade.”
-confucius
Jun21
Tag Archives: season
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
Jul3
blind date.
summer meets july
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“july is a blind date with summer.”
-hal borland
Feb26
wintersleep.
almost time to awaken to spring.
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“there is a time for many words, and there is also a time for sleep.”
-homer
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image credit: Wintersleep (giclee print) by Marjolein Caljouw
Jun20
just living is not enough.
on the cusp of summer
walking by the river
three hours
before the season’s return.
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‘just living is not enough… one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower.”
-hans christian andersen
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hunron river, ann arbor, michigan, usa – summer 2020
Dec25
happy christmas.
I saw
a tiny tricycle
decorated in garlands and sparkles
parked in the bike rack at the library
heard the train come through town
softly whistling the tune of jingle bells
watched the people line up
to catch the bus to the airport
taking them somewhere
where people were waiting to see them
turned to say hello
to the man walking his dog
in his Christmas pajamas
spent the day with family and friends
playing and laughing
simply enjoying the celebration
happy Christmas everyone.
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“our hearts grow tender with childhood memories and love of kindred, and we are better throughout the year for having, in spirit, become a child again at christmas-time.”
– laura ingalls wilder
Dec2
good scents.
sweet scents of winter
ginger, nutmeg, cloves, cut pine
full of warmth and spice
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“An I had but one penny in the world,
thou shouldst have it to buy gingerbread.”
—Love’s Labour’s Lost, William Shakespeare
Oct1
holding the moon in october.
‘the winds will blow their own freshness into you,
and the storms their energy,
while cares will drop away from you like the leaves of autumn.’
-john muir
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image credit: Holding the Moon by Eric Houck
Feb1
february arrives.
“february, a form pale-vestured, wildly fair,
one of the north wind’s daughters, with icicles in her hair.
~Edgar Fawcett, “The Masque of Months,” -1878
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image credits: teodora paintings , magic onions
Jan20
polar express.
jodie in the parking lot at mackinac island airport –
january in northern michigan
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“i like the gizmos that transport people.”
-chris van allsburg – (michgan native and author of the polar express)
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credits: Mackinac Island Dockporters Association, jodie, roger priebe
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