Keep it Kind
and
Patient
and
Heartfelt
and
Simple
and
Sweet!
The butterfly counts not months but moments,
and has time enough.
Rabindranath Tagore
(Dragonflies too!)
Quotation is from the front of the book,"World of Wonders" by Aimee Nezhukumatathil
I haven't read it yet, but soon will, there is time enough!
Merry Merry, Happy Happy!
It's that time of year –
in a very odd year _
when emotions are raw and memories haunt you.
Riding waves of feelings,
not knowing where they come from,
or why,
or how long,
you hang on.
Storms come and they go,
and you hang on.
You hang on.
And they go.
Life is still life –
imperfectly perfect.
Stay safe,
and patient
and perfect.
©2020 Laine Quinn
Simple.
A little planet in a grand and glorious galaxy
in an unimaginable universe.
Our little rock is spinning on its axis,
rotating around our star, the sun,
which is rotating in the galaxy,
which is traveling in the universe,
with other galaxies
and planets and stars.
We've learned so much in the last 50 years!
What will we find in the next 50 years?
Time will tell!
Driving over the bridge to the beach the other night
the sky was strikingly –
striped!
From West to East –
stripes!
A pending cold front,
I was informed
and sure enough –
that night was our first cold one – dipping into the 30's.
Quite a beautiful, remarkable sight!
Vilano Beach, St. Augustine, ©2020 LaineQuinn
How can a year as strange as 2020
appear to be whizzing by?
Already Thanksgiving!
And still grateful –
for the moon and stars and planets
(especially this one!) –
grateful for blue skies and rain
trees and flowers
wild waves and calm.
Grateful to be alive and well
and loving
and loved.
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
Girl picking flowers depicted on a tile found in the lost city of Pompei.
Out of nowhere
nature paints a rainbow
coming out of the horizon
and it's just sitting there!
I see a guy
coming along in the distance,
too far to shout out
but somehow I get his attention
and point to the rainbow
and he
excitedly
gives me a thumbs up!
He saw it too!
And
then the little rainbow
just
disappeared!
Vilano Beach, 11/20/2020
©2020 LaineQuinn
Just because light and color conspired to spread joy!
One day more…
Here I am surrounded by giant old oak trees,
dripping with spanish moss,
living with a joyful dog
and a handsome cat,
while it feels like the world is coming apart at the seams.
It is not.
The birds still sing.
The frogs still croak and slap themselves onto the windows at night.
The moon rises and shines.
The sun too.
All that is worrying us will change,
and soon.
One way or the other.
To quote Wendell Barry,
Be joyful even though you have considered all the facts.
Be joyful and see the world around you with fresh eyes and love.
"Love is why we have hope"
Love your world!
And hope for the very best for all of us.
Inspired by the book by Anne Lamott, Almost Everything, Notes on Hope.
The quote about love is from the back cover and the Wendell Barry quote is found on the inside front cover.
She is fearless and funny and inspiring!
Photo is a view outside of Lake Lure, NC. ©Laine Quinn 2015
An old Spring House in San Miguel, Mexico –
a reminder to be grounded –
in our friendship with ourselves,
with nature,
with each other.
Grounded in uncertainty, and upheaval,
and accepting the times we find ourselves in.
Grounded in whatever way you get grounded,
for your very own peace of mind.
©Laine Quinn
Gleanings From Living Long
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