A quiet moment
Just to remind us that spring is coming, and will get here just when we all think we can’t manage another week of snow, wind, and ice …
Just to remind us that spring is coming, and will get here just when we all think we can’t manage another week of snow, wind, and ice …
The ordinary loaf of homemade bread … whether made by machine on the kitchen counter or entirely by hand, it reminds us of the importance attached to the simple act of breaking bread together. Leave a loaf on the neighbor’s porch and see what happens.
A butterfly, buffeted by the wind or left by some other accident with a tattered wing, is yet a living jewel – and still flying.
Claude Monet, 1908 “The Palazzo Contarini” in Venice, Italy, on the Grand Canal Water, whether audible or not, is generally quite soothing to the human spirit and calming to the anxious mind. Allow yourself respite.
Perhaps you’ll have a moment to write someone a card or a short letter. Your correspondence will be treasured and saved, for more than any sixty seconds. Guaranteed.
Whether you grew up in a small town or not, railroad tracks always beckoned with a mysterious hint of places unknown. Hearing that whistle in the wee hours could spark a fantastical trip which could never be matched in real life, but could take you to new facets of your imagination. ‘Virtual Reality’ cannot duplicate …
A galaxy captured in a stunning photo by NASA’s Hubble Telescope Perhaps meditating on this image will put problems in a unique perspective.
Sometimes just resting your eyes and looking at a natural landscape instead of city sidewalks or manicured lawns calms your thoughts.
Time to write a personal note; not with a quill pen necessarily, but something more than an email or a commercial card by itself. And 2022 will begin on a positive note for you and your recipient.
“The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson