What a spring it has already been! I can’t believe it has been almost three months since I started to self-isolate. The current situation came as a bit of a shock to all of us I expect, and I hope you have all been taking care of yourselves and finding time to do things you […]
“May you have the gladness of Christmas which is hope; The spirit of Christmas which is peace; The heart of Christmas which is love.” – Ada V. Hendricks October Transitioning was to be my last personal newsletter until I was ready to provide the launch date for Lords and Lepers, hopefully by spring 2018 at […]
“In the garden, autumn is, indeed the crowning glory of the year, bringing us the fruition of months of thought and care and toil. And at no season, safe perhaps in daffodil time, do we get such superb colour effects as from August to November.” – Rose G. Kingsley, The Autumn Garden “There is no season […]
“But now in September the garden has cooled, and with it my possessiveness. The sun warms my back instead of beating on my head. The harvest has dwindled, and I have grown apart from the intense midsummer relationship that brought it on.” – Robert Finch “Tis the last rose of summer. Left blooming alone; all […]
“There is a harmony in autumn, and a lustre in its sky, which through the summer is not heard or seen, as if it could not be, as if it had not been.” – Percy Bysshe Shelley “August rushes by like desert rainfall, a flood of frenzied upheaval, expected, but still catching me […]
“The linden, in the fervours of July, hums with a louder concert. When the wind sweeps the broad forest in its summer prime, as when some master-hand exulting sweeps the keys of some great organ, ye give forth the music of the woodlands depths, a hymn of gladness and of thanks.” – William Cullen Bryant, […]
“It’s beautiful the summer month of June when all of God’s own wildflowers are in bloom. And sun shines brightly most part of the day, and butterflies o’er lush green meadows play.” – Francis Duggan, June “This is June, the month of grass and leaves…already the aspens are trembling again, and a new summer is offered me. […]
“What is so sweet and dear as a prosperous morn in May, the confident prime of the day, and the dauntless youth of the year, when nothing that asks for bliss, asking aright, is denied?” – William Watson, Ode in May, 1880 “The new earth quickens as you rise. The May Queen is waiting. Feel […]
“A gush of bird song, a patter of dew, a cloud, and a rainbow’s warning; suddenly sunshine and perfect blue. An April day in the morning!” – Harriet Prescott Spofford “April’s rare capricious loveliness.” – Julia Dorr, American author of prose and poetry “Hail in the Spring, a start of new beginnings. Creativity awe-inspiring gives a reason […]
“The March wind roars like a lion in the sky, and makes us shiver as he passes by. When winds are soft, and the days are warm and clear. Just like a gentle lamb, then spring is here.” – author unknown “Springtime is the land awakening. The March winds are the morning yawn.” – […]
