A beautiful fall day. I sit at my computer staring through the window at sunlight shining down on the oak tree. I have many projects to work on, either for myself or for clients. Yet all I want to do is curl up in a quilt with a cup of something warm and watch the [...]
Archive for September, 2009
Writer’s Block … Of Sorts
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged musings, reflections, writer's block on September 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Sunday Phone Calls, A Ritual
Posted in Uncategorized on September 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In my family there has always been the ritual of “the Sunday phone call.” My brothers and I knew that we were not to touch the phone at 5pm on a Sunday afternoon because either my mom or dad would be calling out or someone would be calling in. The phone sat on a little [...]
“A New and Sturdy World”
Posted in Books I Love, Inspiration, tagged Annie Dillard, horsepower, sunlight on September 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
On this brisk, rainy morning, I rose and made a pot of coffee. I sat down at my kitchen table with Annie Dillard’s Pilgrim at Tinker Creek. I randomly opened the small volume and my eyes fell on the following words.
“There is a muscular energy in sunlight … “
She goes on to describe horsepower generated [...]
The Heron
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged blue heron, Charles River, nature, Photography on September 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
If I had had my camera in hand today as I walked home along the Charles River, would I have seen the Great Blue Heron? Would it have walked toward me, coming so close that I could see the wind ruffling its feathers, so close that I could see the gradations in color that give [...]
Can You Find the Bee?
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged bee, flowers, nature, Photography on September 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Purple Heart
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged color, flowers, Photography, purple, white on September 24, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I Wonder Why?
Posted in Books I Love, Inspiration, tagged children's book, I Wonder Why, M. T. Penny Ross, vintage on September 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I do wonder why … all the time. Which is probably why I picked up the children’s book of the same title this past weekend. I paid a little bit more than I usually do for vintage children’s books, about $10, but I think it was a good investment. The illustrations are lovely and quirky [...]
A Lovely Surprise Find: The Illustrations of Katherine Sturges Dodge
Posted in Books I Love, Inspiration, tagged children's book, color, How Sing Found the World is Round, Katherine Sturges Dodge, Sydney Reid, Volland on September 20, 2009 | 1 Comment »
This weekend, I chanced upon a beautiful little book called How Sing Found the World is Round by Sydney Reid. It was published by Volland in the early part of the twentieth century. You can read more about Volland here: http://www.loganberrybooks.com/juvcat-volland.html
The illustrator is Katherine Sturges Dodge, the mother of Hilary Knight who is the illustrator [...]
Thinking of You
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged Photography, red, vintage cards on September 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Blue and White
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged color, flowers, Photography, plants on September 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
