Linda Hoye's Blog, page 140
June 12, 2017
Monday, June 11, 2017
“Be willing to be a beginner every single morning.” ~ Meister Eckhart It’s just after five as I write this; the sun shines in my eyes and fresh morning air fills the room–and me. Monday. A new beginning. A clean slate. There are a few things resting lightly on my mind that I’d like to do […]
June 11, 2017
Sunday, June 11, 2017
“Odd as I am sure it will appear to some, I can think of no better form of personal involvement in the cure of the environment than that of gardening. A person who is growing a garden, if he is growing it organically, is improving a piece of the world. He is producing something to […]
June 10, 2017
Saturday, June 10, 2017
“Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.” ~ Mark Twain I’m sitting in my car at the mall, reaching for my purse so I can run in for a few minutes before I grab some Starbucks and head to my friend’s house for a visit, when my phone dings. I […]
June 9, 2017
Friday, June 9, 2017
“Look closely at the present you are constructing: it should look like the future you are dreaming.” ~ Alice Walker Yesterday I finally did some clean up in my woman cave. Projects everywhere and it gets to the point where my mind is overwhelmed; that’s when I know I need to pause and tidy things […]
June 8, 2017
Thursday, June 8, 2017
“The air was fragrant with a thousand trodden aromatic herbs, with fields of lavender, and with the brightest roses blushing in tufts all over the meadows . . .” ~ William C. Bryant We’re on our way home from visiting Gerry’s mom when he turns off onto an unfamiliar road. “Where are you going?” “You said […]
June 7, 2017
Wednesday, June 7, 2017
“Is it so small a thing To have enjoy’d the sun, To have lived light in the spring, To have loved, to have thought, to have done.” ~ Matthew Arnold We’re in the gardens at the care home where my mother-in-love lives. Gerry is pushing her wheelchair while she mostly dozes; I’m walking alongside with […]
June 6, 2017
Tuesday, June 6, 2017
“Real isn’t how you are made,’ said the Skin Horse. ‘It’s a thing that happens to you. When a child loves you for a long, long time, not just to play with, but REALLY loves you, then you become Real.’ ‘Does it hurt?’ asked the Rabbit. ‘Sometimes,’ said the Skin Horse, for he was always […]
June 5, 2017
Monday, June 5, 2017
“In nature, nothing is perfect and everything is perfect.” ~ Alice Walker “Do you want to see some magic?” I’ve been sitting in the sunshine on the deck for the past fifteen or so minutes eating my yogurt and granola. “Come on, but be quiet.” I lead the way. Maya stretches out on the warm deck; […]
June 4, 2017
Sunday, June 4, 2017
“Joy does not simply happen to us. We have to choose joy and keep choosing it every day.” ~ Henri Nouwen The whisper of the automatic sprinklers as they come on. The cool, fresh morning air. Open windows and doors. Sunshine on the messed-from-the-night duvet cover. Maya snoring softly. Frothy coffee. Birdsong. Simple happy. Right here. […]
June 3, 2017
Saturday, June 3, 2017
“How fragile we are, between the few good moments.” ~ Jane Hirshfield Its early, not yet five in the morning, and Gerry and I are sipping coffee in bed and reading while Maya, our Yorkie, snoozes between us. The morning is air filling the room through the open window is cool and clean. All is quiet. […]
