11 April 2023

Ahhhh….Love this! Just at the right time too!

Wendy Martyna

One of the things I know about writing is this: spend it all, shoot it,
play it, lose it, all, right away, every time. Do not hoard what seems good
for a later place in the book or for another book; give it, give it all, give it now.
The impulse to save something good for a better place later is the signal
to spend it now. Something more will arise for later, something better.
These things fill from behind, from beneath, like well water.
Similarly, the impulse to keep to yourself what you have learned
is not only shameful, it is destructive. Anything you do not give freely and
abundantly becomes lost to you.  You open your safe and find ashes.

~ Annie Dillard (b. 1945), Essayist, literary critic, novelist, memoirist, poet;
awarded 1975 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction; from The Writing Life, 1989

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Morning Trip (371)

”A woodland in full color is awesome as a forest fire, in magnitude at least, but a single tree is like a dancing tongue of flame to warm the heart.”
—-Hal Borland

Leaf Hanging Like a Suspended Criminal

Gosh I love this one. I am so grateful for all of the wonder and awe I get to experience as a result of Rosemary’s blog.

Rosemary's Blog

Last Week in October
by Thomas Hardy

 The trees are undressing, and fling in many places–
      On the gray road, the roof, the window-sill
      Their radiant robes and ribbons and yellow laces;
      A leaf each second so is flung at will,
Here, there, another and another, still and still.

      A spider’s web has caught one while downcoming,
      That stays there dangling when the rest pass on;
      Like a suspended criminal hangs he, mumming
      In golden garb, while one yet green, high yon,
Trembles, as fearing such a fate for himself anon.

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On A Walk

Purple Shoe Photography

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A Field of Awe

Awe—Elisabeth Connelley Purple Shoe Photography

Playing With Peonies

I haven’t done any photography for a long time. My neck and shoulders were injured and I could not hold up the camera. Then I injured ankle and balance, so I could not walk to keep up strength, so lung disease made it so just getting to the car was difficult. I have had the grace of having an I phone SE for nearly 2 years. It was FREE! Who knew the disabled financially challenged me would EVER get a cellphone, let alone an Apple Anything?! My computer broke and with it went the photo editing software and all of my image files in a place I could work with them. So, I pouted, I grieved, and I felt sorry for myself. I sucked the joy out of the whole reason I took them in the first place. I’ve been out taking images for grandchildren and friends. I can’t really see in the glass the quality of the pictures, so I am really getting practice letting go of outcomes. YIKES! My mind screams SIN Devastation, Disaster! ha! So, here are some peonies from the phone:

136 – Learning

OH! I got interesting identification with thinking/believing that I MUST be able to explain what I replace, or what knowledge I gain, to OTHERS! Who knew I did not HAVE to do so, no matter the actual or perceived demand to do so! FREE! And this idea, this visual about locating, and noticing old ideas and willingness to change them! So much simpler! Thanks so much! I think I like the 3 buckets too, leaves off the implied-to me, wrongness and feelings, and gets straight to non-judgemental sorting! Right into action, i love it!

Beach Walk Reflections: Thoughts from thinking while walking

Click the video above for 2 minutes of background waves while reading.

I like walking on the beach as it is good for the body, mind, and soul – and refreshing on my feet.

The vast waters keep serving as a metaphor for knowledge. If the water represents the sea of knowledge – all that is known – am I standing on the shore of ignorance? After all, I feel I know so little compared to what is known.

My mind keeps thinking about knowledge and learning. Einstein stated, “Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school.”

Learning can be conscious or without awareness. As long as one interacts with others and the environment, learning continues until death. Let us not forget the importance of lifelong learning – that willingness to continue learning in an ever-changing world.

Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com

I see…

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Another Serendipity…More Sacramentality

Sacramentality is a quality present in creation that opens us up to the Sacred Presence in all things. Sacraments reveal grace.
—Christine Valters Paintner

Veiwed on the last of the Daily blogs I read, Maureen from her blog, Writing Without Paper on blog spot.