Linda Hoye's Blog, page 138
June 30, 2017
Friday, June 30, 2017
“All I have seen teaches me to trust the Creator for all I have not seen.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson Tired this morning after a very long day yesterday. My girls have gone home, Gerry has returned, and it’s time to ease back into life. I will carry treasured memories of the past week in my […]
June 29, 2017
Thursday, June 29, 2017
“If you want to understand any woman you must first ask about her mother and then listen carefully. . .The more a daughter knows about the details of her mother’s life . . . the stronger the daughter.” ~ Anita Diamant, The Red Tent After supper I pull out a tattered photograph album and while […]
June 28, 2017
Wednesday, June 28, 2017
“After all,” Anne had said to Marilla once, “I believe the nicest and sweetest days are not those on which anything very splendid or wonderful or exciting happens but just those that bring simple little pleasures, following one another softly, like pearls slipping off a string.” ~ L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Avonlea Hot, sunny days. […]
June 27, 2017
Tuesday, June 27, 2017
“We are all joined in a circle of stories.” ~ Linda Joy Myers, Journey of Memoir: The Three Stages of Memoir Writing We’re having lunch at the mall–grandmother, daughter, and granddaughter–and it strikes me that thirty-plus years ago we were at the same place. Grandmother then, now long gone, but remembered always. Grandmother now, then […]
June 26, 2017
Monday, June 26, 2017
“The soul is healed by being with children.” ~ Fyodor Dostoyevsky Waking early after a long day and late night. Little feet tiptoe into my room. Early morning snuggles, quiet conversations, we ease into the day. She helps me with my post of the day. The image makes her think of cotton candy. Sweet–like she is. […]
June 25, 2017
Sunday, June 25, 2017
“Dance is the hidden language of the soul” ~ Martha Graham In the quiet of this morning I’m anticipating the busy day ahead. First, a family breakfast at my son’s house followed by a tour of his job site. He is the site foreman on a huge retirement residence building project. It’s been interesting to see […]
June 24, 2017
Saturday, June 24, 2017
“Take time to see the quiet miracles that seek no attention” ~ John O’Donohue The stillness of the predawn morning. Fresh bread on the kitchen counter. A hummingbird at the feeder. The gift of another day. A ladybug in the garden. Herbs drying on the kitchen table. Flowers on my windowsill. Simple happy. Appreciating the […]
June 23, 2017
Friday, June 23, 2017
“Look! Nature is overflowing with the grandeur of God!” ~ John Muir A verse in my morning reading grabs me, stark and real. A single word–chosen–a hot one for me, suddenly different, and I hear the truth in the whisper of the Divine. I pull out my concordance, I go back to the original meaning, […]
June 22, 2017
Thursday, June 22, 2017
“Truth is ever to be found in the simplicity, and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things.” ~ Isaac Newton It’s hard. Isn’t it? To put one foot in front of the other some days seems like an effort we simply don’t have the energy for. We do it anyway. We do it because […]
June 21, 2017
Wednesday, June 21, 2017
“Wherever I am, the world comes after me. It offers me its busyness. It does not believe that I do not want it. Now I understand why the old poets of China went so far and high into the mountains, then crept into the pale mist.” ~ Mary Oliver, The Old Poets of China Eyes […]
