Tag Archives: beauty

Icy Beauty

Posted on January 14, 2017 by

(Click on individual images to read commentary.) The world is born in the spring rejoices in summer and bundles its blessings in autumn But only in the winter does it learn who it is

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Ever Green

Posted on December 15, 2016 by

A companion piece to The Ugly Time Some lives are leafy limbs compelling eyes to gaze at them to acknowledge their convulsive beauty Naïve in their baseless joy they reign a scant and unremembered season then die having never truly … Continue reading →

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The Ugly Time

Posted on December 13, 2016 by

I used to consider late autumn with its leafless trees and sullen skies the ugly time But then I grew up and came to understand its barren beauty how it saw the loss and longing in me and sent its moons … Continue reading →

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Our True Colors?

Posted on October 28, 2016 by

Originally posted on Mitch Teemley:
I love to see the leaves change color in autumn, don’t you? Except that it’s a myth. Leaves don’t change color. My wife and I often walk in the woods. We’re blessed to live near Mount Airy Forest in Cincinnati, the oldest “urban forest” in the U.S.,…

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October

Posted on October 22, 2016 by

Election fever. Tempers boil. People scream. The world can never survive. And then there’s this. “You’re welcome.” ~God “I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.”  ~L.M. Montgomery

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Dream Logic

Posted on September 4, 2016 by

I dreamed I’d flown to London. I was about to call my wife to tell her, “Honey, we’ve landed safely,” when the alarm went off. My first thought was, I’ll leave her a message, but there was no time. So … Continue reading →

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The World’s Greatest Artist

Posted on August 14, 2016 by

He’s had the longest career of any artist in history, and at a considerably advanced age is still crafting new works. He creates in every medium–sculpture, engraving, painting, even performance art–and the scale of his work runs from the subatomic to the cosmic. Some … Continue reading →

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