Today we split the rest of last year’s trees
for tomorrow’s memories.
log splitting in a rainstorm
fullness of time
Not very long ago I wondered if the green would ever return.
Keep Going – Austin Kleon
Walking is a way to find possibility in your life when there doesn’t seem to be any left.
I am a big fan of Austin Kleon’s work and Keep Going is full of quotable lines, but this is one of my favorites right now.
Not just a one time read, this book is packed with gems for making art. For living.
fighting back
Grey skies hang heavy
so I go looking for these scrappy spots of gold.
structure and meaning
The learning goes ever on, but we called this the last day of school.
The Trumpet of the Swan – E.B. White
I intend to get you what you need. I don’t know how I will manage this, but in the fullness of time it shall be accomplished.
– said the cob to his son who had no voice
Inspired by the Trumpeter Swans I see on my walks each day, I got a copy of The Trumpet of the Swan to read with my boys. (I think I may have never read this book before.) Author E.B. White reads the audible version and we enjoyed his storytelling. Now I keep watch for a handsome swan to touch down in the Lagoon with a trumpet, a slate, and a moneybag around his neck.
blue sky sunshine!
I’ve found the sunshine vitamin works best when taken with a blue sky.
nutrigold to the rescue
The sunshine vitamin matters in so many ways that I can tell.
