warm and cool
We got some snow yesterday. White on the trees and then… not. The relatively warm lake water causes melting along its borders, underlining the bright dusting above. Warm and cool: delineation. What a literal example of it! But really, isn’t that how we move through life: warm – I love it. Cool – not so […]
not quite Monet
Minus the dock… still not quite Monet. The fall colors are just about gone, and yet they still shimmer through the early morning mist. Apparently, Monet’s eyesight was very bad in his later years. So much time outside in the sun had stressed them, and by his late seventies he was suffering from cataracts and […]
“common” subject matter
I continue to be surprised when I read, Ross King’s book, Mad Enchantment, about Monet. What I find is this wonderful narration of discovery. And it intrigues me to read about how an artist finds their way. To roughly share my latest delightful “a-ha!” moment for Monet: in 1871 he was buying spices from a shop […]
distraction
Peaches. Her name is Peaches. Well, if you want the long version: Peaches en Regalia (thank you Frank Zappa – via Martin). And she is… a distraction. If she didn’t already merit the attention she receives by how much she loves to cuddle and engage, the trainer for her puppy classes just sent me an […]
when bad news is good news
The weather. That topic. It has been strange lately. The forecast was for 3 inches of rain. Did it mention high winds? Shall we say HIGH winds. And LOTS of rain. This is fall. Dry season. So the rivers flooded. Trees toppled. Power went out in pockets everywhere. But not here. Unusually, I was fine. […]
last glimpse
Look closely. Can you see those last few leaves just clinging to the ends of branches? If you could look at that tree again tomorrow, they’d be gone. Last glimpse. That’s what we love about nature. The cycles. Those leaves go. It’s quiet. New leaves come again. No question. We rest on the sweetness of […]
motivation vs inspiration
A human life is the most complex narrative of all: it has many layers of events which embrace outside behaviour and actions, the inner stream of the mind, the underworld of the unconscious, the soul, fantasy, dream and imagination. ~my favorite John O’Donohue I’m quoting him here because I seem to have let go of […]
perspective
(photos of this glorious time of year) You know, I don’t like all stories. I was just at the “transfer station” (dump) where there is cute little swap shop. I dropped off two books there: stories about people. They were true. But not of interest to me. To my surprise, though, I’m really enjoying a […]
when slower is beautiful
Quiet. The lake is almost still. I love the lake when it’s still. Why is it so difficult for me to be still? Even slow down? I love to move. I love to be impressed by “what gets done”. Looking forward to a busy day. In that schedule is, yes, meditation. It’s on my “doing” […]
worry / play
I don’t feel good – I have this kind of really lousy chest thing going on; so I used that as an excuse to go into full-blown worry. “This could be the end” kind of ridiculousness. Oh yes. Thank goodness I had arranged yesterday for Fred, my carpenter friend, to come by and bring me […]
