Quote of the day: “Everyone discusses my art and pretends to understand, as if it were necessary to understand, when it is simply necessary to love.” ― Claude Monet While visiting my daughter’s family who live in the Kansas City area, we visited the Overland Park Arboretum. I was thrilled Read more…
Each day the leaves pop out a bit more. Our back yard has that special spring green haze from all of the leaves popping out. It feels as if the energy of life is just bursting everywhere. Change is in the air Along with the trees and plants that are Read more…
Quote of the day: “Heaven opened and the water hammered down, reviving the reluctant old well, greenmossing the pigless pigsty, carpet bombing still, tea-colored puddles the way memory bombs still, tea-colored minds.” ― Arundhati Roy, The God of Small Things The first day of the rain I laughed and was Read more…
Quote of the day: “Sanctuary, on a personal level, is where we perform the job of taking care of our soul.” — Christopher Forrest McDowell These gentle days of early spring when the grass is turning green, trees are not yet leafed out fully, and breezes are soft and gentle Read more…
Quote of the day: “Just as certain seeds require a forest fire to crack open their shells, crisis burns away our limited self-concepts, allowing our deeper nature to come forth. We must remember that our suffering carries the seed of our salvation; our problems are actually our answered prayers, and Read more…