More than one friend has told me about reading a really good book, and parsing out the last few chapters, to make the read last. And each time I’ve heard this, I’ve marveled. Whenever I’m reading a great…
Creative Forces
“Joy is the sweet voice, joy the luminous cloud. We in ourselves rejoice! And thence flows all that charms or ear or sight, All melodies the echoes of that voice, All colours a suffusion from that light.” Samuel Taylor…
The Parts I Hate
I just read this lovely post by Elizabeth Gilbert. I won’t go into its particulars, as she covers the territory so beautifully and sweetly and funnily that I needn’t add a thing. But can I just say…
“Big Magic”
“December will be magic again…” words and music by Kate Bush Well it’s here. December. The month of magic and miracles. That is, of course, unless you’re not into those sorts of things, in which case it’s…
“When My Soul Went Questing…”
I just finished season 2 of “Call the Midwife.” The final episode of said season ended with the line, “When my soul went questing…” Through tears, I thought about the power of those words and how utterly beautiful…