“Moonless darkness stands between.
Past, the Past, no more be seen!
But the Bethlehem-star may lead me To the sight of Him Who freed me From the self that I have been.
Make me pure, Lord: Thou art holy;
Make me meek, Lord: Thou wert lowly;
Now beginning, and always:
Now begin, on Christmas day.”
― Gerard Manley Hopkins
I sit beside the fire and think
Of people long ago
And people that will see a world
That I shall never know
But all the while I sit and think
Of times there were before
I listen for returning feet
And voices at the door”
― J.R.R. Tolkien
One of my close friends used to add a number to her digital pieces counting down the days until she got to visit with her grandchildren when they lived across the country. Mine are halfway across the country which means we don’t see them as often as we would like. 111 days until they visit!
Quote by Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Background is a hand-stencilled vintage text page.
Although not a statement of how I feel today I decided to use this quote from Dante’s Inferno. Having been through a literal inferno a few years ago this quote caught my eye.
Journal art inspired by a lesson in A Year of Mary by Effy Wild. Each lesson is based on a quote from a Mary Oliver poem.
The backyard garden is beginning to awaken!
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