Words

4/10/21


Spring fills me with immeasurable hope. The fabulous Mary Oliver wrote: 

“Come with me into the woods where spring is
advancing, as it does, no matter what,
not being singular or particular, but one
of the forever gifts, and certainly visible.”

A couple of days last week, I spent time after work walking through the botanical gardens near my home. The breeze through the leaves, the verdant lawns and gardens, and the blossoms. So many blossoms and with skies that blue, I couldn't help but feel optimistic.

It felt life giving, like the world is full of possibilities. 

Here's to Spring, and all the joy she brings.

4/2/20


“A joy it will be one day, perhaps, to remember even this.”

Virgil, The Aeneid

5/14/18


The Olympics have been over for more than two months, but I'm still watching this performance about once a day. 
I've watched this video about 25 times in the last week.
Teaching Sunday school is one of my favorite things about my life right now.
There's a Cezanne exhibition at the National Gallery that almost brought me to tears.
Every night I make a list of what outfit I'm wearing the next morning and the food I need to pack for lunch. My mornings have never been smoother.
I finished 2 books last week.
Upon reflection, I've realized that I've actually been making good on the vast majority of my New Year's Resolutions.
I'm loving warm weather and spring dresses and opening the windows in my house.
I am an absolute sucker for British police procedurals.
I'm slightly obsessed with these earrings, but I'm far too cheap to buy them.
For the first time in weeks, I don't have the Sunday scaries.

image via

10/23/17


“There are years that ask questions and years that answer.”
Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God

1/1/17



"Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man."
                                            
                                                                   Benjamin Franklin

7/1/16


"The measure may be thought bold, but I am of the opinion that the boldest are the safest."

- Horatio Nelson

Blog Archive

Words by Allyson. Theme by STS.