…He saw the scene and felt a happiness in his soul, the way one feels returning and knowing one is home. He felt the sense for his own fields, his own dawns and sunsets under heavens of light while laboring in a world of timeless toil, the labor on which kingdoms and civilization began […]
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CONVERSATION WITH THE COSMOS
“I finished rereading a book yesterday.” His excitement showed in his shifting in seat, the way he drew nearer to its end, leaning outward and across to her, and in eyes that fell in focus to the table as if the thoughts he wished to share were present, physical entities to be seen and […]
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THE HERON
“Ada wondered that herons could tolerate each other close enough to breed. She had seen a scant number in her life, and those so lonesome as to make the heart sting on their behalf. Everywhere they were seemed far from home.”—Charles Frazier, Cold Mountain He read the quote aloud, and when he finished, […]
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RIVER VIEW
“The creek’s turnings marked how all that moves must shape itself to the maze of actual landscape, no matter what its preference might be.”—Charles Frazier, Cold Mountain It was a place where he went to think, where the river spread and shallowed on red sand stones of an ancient sea then fell in […]
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AUTUMN DIFFERENCE
“…Autumn was different. It was the season she remembered, when life of the past shone in different ways, in colors hidden by the green of summers lived, illuminating the richness and a difference always present beneath the summer colors viewed. You didn’t see it in the summer, but it shone when the green gave […]
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QUIET DREAMER
“Stay steadfast and patient. You are moving towards your vision even if you can’t see it yet. All is working in your favor. Everything is slowly but surely coming together. All is well.”—Lukas Notes, September 15, 2020 “Don’t spend too much time explaining yourself,” spoke the old man to the young. “If people can’t […]
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YOUTHFUL HEART
Yesterday, our youngest son had a rough day at school, and my wife and I are to blame. It was his second day of preschool. He is five, a July birthday, and one of the oldest in his class. Day one, he was excited to return. He was excited to see his friends […]
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FIVE-YEAR OLD IN CHURCH
“You can’t let him wrestle you at church!” she scolded quietly as they walked out of mass, her voice low so as only one could hear. “I’m pretty sure he was just praying with me,” the father answered. “He was getting a solid grip.” “I could hear you choking!” “Was I? […]
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HERETIC
“A man cannot be wise enough to be a great artist without being wise enough to wish to be a philosopher. A man cannot have the energy to produce good art without having the energy to wish to pass beyond it…they care even more, and desire us to care even more, about their startling and […]
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ETERNAL SUNSHINE
There is no such thing as eternal sunshine. Light without rest is malaise becoming maddening insanity. You need the rest. You need the night. You need the dark. To reach a new day, one must first pass through night. We must be in darkness for new light to show. We must be in […]