Linda Hoye's Blog, page 145
April 23, 2017
Sunday, April 23, 2017
But I, being poor, have only my dreams; I have spread my dreams under your feet; Tread softly because you tread on my dreams. ~ William Butler Yeats Good Sunday morning. I’m looking forward to spending time at church this morning and afterward, we’ll see where the day gently takes us.
April 22, 2017
Saturday, April 22, 2017
“It’s spring fever. That is what the name of it is. And when you’ve got it, you want—oh, you don’t quite know what it is you do want, but it just fairly makes your heart ache, you want it so!” ~ Mark Twain Yesterday, ah, yesterday. Easily the most beautiful day we’ve had this year. […]
April 21, 2017
Friday, April 21, 2017
“Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.” ~ Rudyard Kipling Yesterday afternoon I was made aware of something that made me spitting mad. I talked it through as best as I could with Gerry (I was so angry that I was barely coherent so that was a challenge!) then spent an hour or […]
April 20, 2017
Thursday, April 20, 2017
“The day wasn’t exactly my own since I checked and found it on a public calendar.” ~ Leonard Cohen, Flowers for Hitler The sun hasn’t yet risen and I’ve already sent three–no four–email reminder to myself for things I want to tend to. Up first: attending a photography webinar. Next: sending photos to the professional […]
April 19, 2017
Wednesday, April 19, 2017
“Convince me that you have a seed there, and I am prepared to expect wonders.” ~ Henry David Thoreau The wind has quieted and sun warms my shoulders as I work in solitude and silence, the only one in the community garden. I rake the soil, put stepping “stones” in place, and ponder the best […]
April 18, 2017
Tuesday, April 18, 2017
“April hath put a spirit of youth in everything.” ~ William Shakespeare April, you’re a chilly and wet one this year. I’m behind on where I’d like to be in the garden because winter held on so long and, more recently, because I dislike working outside in cool weather. Peas and spinach are slowly–oh, so […]
April 17, 2017
Monday, April 17, 2017
“When you photograph people in color, you photograph their clothes. But when you photograph people in black and white, you photograph their souls!” ~ Ted Grant I’m drawn to the beauty there is in the back of flowers. It’s subtler and more interesting than the front which–beautiful as it is–can be loud and ostentatious. Lately, […]
April 16, 2017
Sunday, April 16, 2017
He is not here; for He is risen, as He said. Matthew 28:6 Happy Easter! He is risen, indeed!
April 15, 2017
Saturday, April 15, 2017
“I wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on high o’er vales and hills When all at once I saw a crowd A host of golden daffodils Beside the lake beneath the trees Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.” ~ William Wordsworth, I Wander’d Lonely as a Cloud For some reason I find it challenging […]
April 14, 2017
Friday, April 14, 2017
It’s Friday . . . But Sunday’s Coming. Church this morning then we’ll see where the day takes us. One thing’s for sure and for certain: it will take us toward hope.
