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LATEST ARTICLES ( 277 )

• A Poet to the Last

  

  “We need much less than we think we need.” “When I look back, I am so impressed again with the life-giving power of literature. Read more

  Posted on 29 May 2014 CREATIVITY, CULTURE

• I Am Emily

  

  “{Nowhere did seem to be home} And I broke my heart with weeping To come back to {the moors}; And the angels were so angry That they flung me out into The middl... Read more

  Posted on 27 May 2014 CREATIVITY, CULTURE

• Moon Watchers

  

  An internal aching for the spirit of the woods, Is growing within the starv-ed soul. To watch bejeweled fairy dances at twilight, To gaze at trees in the... Read more

  Posted on 23 May 2014 CREATIVITY, CULTURE

• Mirror, Mirror, On the Wall

  

  I read on the House in the Roses blog, now The Little White Cottage blog something that will forever change how I look at mirrors ... Read more

  Posted on 20 May 2014 CREATIVITY, CULTURE

• A Tiny Facelift

  

  I am experimenting with a new banner, ...the tiniest of facelifts, ...that still conveys what I hope this blog is about ... love of nature and my words. I... Read more

  Posted on 08 May 2014 CREATIVITY, CULTURE

• Whenever That May Be

  

  Like the winter trees, Shed of their covering and Nocturnal in their rest, I nestle deep into my thoughts and Hibernate in deep woods. Read more

  Posted on 26 April 2014 CREATIVITY, CULTURE

• Broken Glass Sunsets

  

  Art by Bing Wright BINGWRIGHT.COM Read more

  Posted on 20 April 2014 CREATIVITY, CULTURE

• Morning Bird

  

  It's been a long night tonight - so long in fact that I am just now hearing birdsong at 4 am. Not having gone to bed yet, it's quite unexpected and welcome. Read more

  Posted on 19 April 2014 CREATIVITY, CULTURE

• April As She Blooms

  

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  Posted on 14 April 2014 CREATIVITY, CULTURE

• The Night

  

  is darkening round me By Emily Brontë The night is darkening round me, The wild winds coldly blow; But a tyrant spell has bound me, And I cannot, cannot go. Read more

  Posted on 13 April 2014 CREATIVITY, CULTURE

• Gift of Reverie

  

  Some artwork that I recently discovered. Reverie is a theme in art that I really like. Probably because I need so much of it myself that I relate to these... Read more

  Posted on 22 March 2014 CREATIVITY, CULTURE

• The Woods

  

  THE MYSTIC WOOD I am always pleasantly surprised at the woods that are nearby and the beauty they offer unexpectedly and freely, just for the taking. Read more

  Posted on 16 March 2014 CREATIVITY, CULTURE

• Wild Man

  

  His trees are potted in the soil Random flowers bloom His garden A footstep ready made will do To stop and rest at random The mountain rock foundation Will... Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2014 CREATIVITY, CULTURE

• Dave the Potter

  

  He is known as Dave the Potter, Dave the Slave, or just Dave. He lived in Edgefield, South Carolina before the Civil War as a slave. He was a talented potter an... Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2014 CREATIVITY, CULTURE

• Truths and Roses

  

  All good things are wild and free - Thoreau Not until we are lost, do we begin to understand ourselves - Thoreau I make myself rich, by making my wants few -... Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2014 CREATIVITY, CULTURE

• Ready

  

  The drumbeat of spring permeates my ears. Every day the sound grows a little stronger, a little louder. A heartbeat in the same rhythm pattern as mine. In my... Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2014 CREATIVITY, CULTURE

• Let the Rain

  kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops. Let the rain sing you a lullaby. ~Langston Hughes ~~~~~~~ Let the rain come For that is... Read more

  Posted on 09 February 2014 CREATIVITY, CULTURE

• S c a t t e r e d Thoughts

  

  When nature spills her scattered thoughts, I will stop and listen every time. The most quiet moments, Offer her deepest reflections, And she pens them so many... Read more

  Posted on 08 February 2014 ENVIRONMENT, OUTDOORS, SNOW

• The Heart of the Forest

  

  While nature sleeps, I dream in color ... and the heart of the forest beats strong ~ Source: Read more

  Posted on 26 January 2014 CREATIVITY, CULTURE

• Revery With a View

  

  If you are to have revery with a good view, you best wear white. For the view requires that you take on wings and soar, dove-like. Drench yourself in the... Read more

  Posted on 26 December 2013 CREATIVITY, CULTURE