Snowdrops Do you know what I was, how I lived? You know what despair is; then winter should have meaning for you. I did not expect to survive, earth suppressing me. I didn’t expect to waken again, to feel in damp earth my body able to respond again, remembering after so long how to open … Continue reading Quote for Today: Louise Glück
Spring
Quote for Today: Helen Hayes
All through the long winter, I dream of my garden. On the first day of spring, I dig my fingers deep into the soft earth. I can feel its energy, and my spirits soar. –Helen Hayes Public Domain Image via MaxPixel.com
Quote for Today: Rachel Joyce
It was a perfect spring day. The air was sweet and gentle and the sky stretched high, an intense blue. Harold was certain that the last time he had peered through the net drapes of Fossebridge Road (his home), the trees and hedges were dark bones and spindles against the skyline; yet now that he … Continue reading Quote for Today: Rachel Joyce
Quote for Today: Laurie Halse Anderson
Slush is frozen over. People say that winter lasts forever, but it's because they obsess over the thermometer. North in the mountains, the maple syrup is trickling. Brave geese punch through the thin ice left on the lake. Underground, pale seeds roll over in their sleep. Starting to get restless. Starting to dream green. ―Laurie … Continue reading Quote for Today: Laurie Halse Anderson
The Essence of Green: Thoughts and Pictures
Imagine for a moment a world without the color green. What a sad place! What does green mean to us? The modern English word green is derived from the same Germanic root as the words grass and grow. No color is more tied to nature or life itself. Spring is the season when the world … Continue reading The Essence of Green: Thoughts and Pictures
Quote for Today: Unica Zürn
The woman looks around and thinks: 'there cannot ever have been a spring more beautiful than this. I did not know until now that clouds could be like this. I did not know that the sky is the sea and that clouds are the souls of happy ships, sunk long ago. I did not know … Continue reading Quote for Today: Unica Zürn
Quote for Today: Marilyn Monroe
Designers want me to dress like Spring, in billowing things. I don't feel like Spring. I feel like a warm red Autumn. --Marilyn Monroe
