Category: Inspiration

  •     A year ago today, I launched Laine's Blog, Thinking Out Loud. It was perhaps the first time that I truly put my heart and soul into something so completely.   I stepped into the world, and nearly fell over myself wanting to run away from the vulnerability of it all. But I didn't…

  •     If life is "but a dream," then the paradox is that the only way to realize this is to wake up!       Spanish moss hanging from the trees in Blue Spring State Park, Florida.  

  •     Sometimes, when your plans don't work out the way that you had hoped, if you follow your nose to the beach, you might be treated to some fabulous rides on your boogie board, and an unexpected sunset.   Not too shabby for another day on earth.   Just sayin'.     St. Augustine…

  •     Have you ever had a day where one moment was so very important that your entire future rested upon it?   A day outside of space and time, when you must keep your appointment with the gods who decide your fate?   Mythical moments, like the shard of a rainbow, and all is…

  •     How many masks do we shed in a lifetime? Each one seems to be the "real" one, the "last" one. until it is peeled away to reveal another, and another, and another.   Who are we? Where do we come from? Where are we going?   How many more to come?    

  •     I once saw a cormorant catch a fish that was so large it almost sank her.   Somehow she managed to swallow it, and was very still and low in the water for a long long time.   She didn't have to eat another thing for a week!     Double Crested Cormorant,…

  •     Just a short bridge across the river. Easy going from shore to shore. Without it, how to cross? Swim? Boat? Pelican?   Are you a bridge? Have you helped a friend get from here to there across troubled waters? Has someone been there for you?   Perhaps everyone is a bridge, at one…

  •     Ever have trouble focusing on the most important thing? So many distractions and excuses.   Sooner or later you'll put everything else aside and get to it.   Tomorrow!   No really, tomorrow!   Marsh abstract from the bridge.

  •     As above, so below.   or, you could say…   Heaven on Earth!     Moors Reflection, west end of Provincetown, Massachusetts.

  •   Another birthday come and gone. No big resolutions, just keep the spirit high as best as I can  and be true.   Thanks to all dear friends and family, I love you!