Bonfire

“One shining, incalculable asset remained;;the tight, warm friendship of men together in misfortune.   While we remained together hope could not be quenched.  The whole, in terms of spirit and resolution, was greater than the sum of its parts.”  –Slavomir Rawicz

Happy Face

“The blackness would stir and eventually go away, and God would remain, a shining point of light in my heart. I would go on loving.”
― Yann Martel

Beautiful

Down By the River

 

“Take me down to the river, I pray.  All of this pain, wash my tears away.”  –Sarah Jean Simmons-Meyer

The Beginning of Fall

“I’ve seen most of what
there is to be afraid of in this world, and to tell you the truth,
the worst of them are the ones that make you afraid in the
light. The things that your eyes see plainly and can’t forget
are worse than huddled black figures left to the imagination.
Imagination has a poor memory; it slinks away and goes
blurry. Eyes remember for much longer.”
― Kendare Blake

Yard Sale Exhaustion

"There are all sorts of experiences we can’t really put a name to…The birth of a child, for one. Or the death of a parent. Falling in love. Words are like nets–we hope they’ll cover what we mean, but we know they can’t possibly hold that much joy, grief, or wonder. Finding God is like that, too. If it’s happened to you, you know what it feels like. But try to describe it to someone else–and language only takes you so far."
— Jodi Picoult

This Morning

“Nirbala ke bala Rama”: ‘He is the help of the helpless, the strength of the weak.’  –Indian Hymn

Jen’s Annual Pig Roast

“The answer to any malaise consisted in going deeper into it and not trying to escape into some mythical land of make-believe. “ –David Brookes

116 Degrees

"If you take a flower in your hand and really look at it, it’s your world for a moment."
— Georgia O’Keeffe

Happy Days