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Valentine’s Day: From Ancient Rome to Modern Love
There is only one happiness in this life, to love and be loved.~ George Sand Valentines Day — I have mixed feelings about this one. It’s a basically a “Hallmark Holiday”, full of strategic marketing ploys designed to pressure people… Continue reading
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February Musings…
If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant; if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.~ Anne Bradstreet February—the bridge between winter and spring. I always welcome February because its… Continue reading
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Pathways
If the path be beautiful, let us not ask where it leads.~ Anatole France Paths have long been associated symbolically with the journey of life—personal growth, spiritual and religious meaning, working towards one’s goals… But for me? I just like… Continue reading
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Golden Hour, Frozen River…
There’s a certain slant of light, winter afternoons—that oppresses, like the heft of cathedral tunes…~ Emily Dickenson It’s been a rough couple of days…But sometimes a bit of time spent by my Hudson River during the golden hour is a… Continue reading
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Finding Magic in Nature’s Reflections
In a Wonderland they lie, dreaming as days go by, dreaming as summers die: Ever drifting down the stream—lingering in the golden gleam—life, what is it but a dream?~ Lewis Carrol, Through the Looking Glass, 1871 Often when looking at… Continue reading
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Tropical Vibes in the Bronx: A Winter Escape
If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.~ Marcus Tullius Cicero Luke and I decided that it was time for a bit of a tropical interlude in the midst of a wintry landscape, so we… Continue reading
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The Calm Between Storms
There are some things you learn best in calm, and some in storm.~ Willa Cather As one storm clears, another begins to gather. The quiet in between. Continue reading
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January Musings…
In the bleak mid-winter, frosty wind made moan, Earth stood hard as iron, water like a stone; snow had fallen, snow on snow, snow on snow, in the bleak mid-winter, long ago.~ Christina Rossetti, 1872 January. Is it still January?… Continue reading
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Block Island: History, Nature, and Beauty
Circled by waters that never freeze, beaten by billow and swept by breeze, lieth the island of Manisees….~ John Greenleaf Whittier, from his poem Palatine. January has got to be the longest and dullest month to trudge through. The glitter… Continue reading
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Dog Days of Winter
January, the Monday of months…~F. Scott Fitzgerald Chasing sunshine in the midst of a gloomy January.Taking every day as it comes… Continue reading
