Day 159 – Long grass
Ah, I could lay me down in this long grass And close my eyes, and let the quiet wind Blow over me~ Edna St. Vincent Millay
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Ah, I could lay me down in this long grass And close my eyes, and let the quiet wind Blow over me~ Edna St. Vincent Millay
“In descriptions of nature one must seize on small details, grouping them so that when the reader closes his eyes he gets a picture.” ~ Anton Chekhov
“Our hearts grow tender with childhood memories and love of kindred, and we are better throughout the year for having, in spirit, become a child again at Christmas-time.” ~ Laura Ingalls Wilder
“Freshly cut Christmas trees smelling of stars and snow and pine resin – inhale deeply and fill your soul with wintry night.” ~ John J. Geddes
“Pale in her fading bowers the Summer stands, Like a new Niobe with claspèd hands, Silent above the flowers, her children lost, Slain by the arrows of the early frost.” ~ Richard Henry Stoddard
“The same stream of life that runs through my veins night and day runs through the world and dances in rhythmic measures. It is the same life that shoots in joy through the dust of […]
“Wan February with weeping cheer, Whose cold hand guides the youngling year Down misty roads of mire and rime, Before thy pale and fitful face The shrill wind shifts the clouds apace Through skies the […]
“it is a serious thing just to be alive on this fresh morning in this broken world.” ~ Mary Oliver
“Behold the groves that shine with silver frost, their beauty withered, and their verdure lost!” ~ Alexander Pope
“When one consorts with assassins, one must expect to dance along the edge of a knife once or twice.” ~ R.L. LaFevers