Where I am.

Good morning!!

I'm still in bed which is incredibly rare for me as I've always been an early riser. The white ground and extremely chilly air makes me want to stay wrapped in blankets with coffee, my computer and a book, letting my active mind take over and drown in words and ideas.

"Ink runs from the corners of my mouth.  

There is no happiness like mine.

I have been eating poetry."

-Mark Strand

To me, there is nothing better than words....

except perhaps

... and MUSIC.  Right now I'm in love with this this GORGEOUS Postal Service cover by Birdy that I haven't been able to get enough of lately.  Her voice is so beautifully haunting, it literally shuts out the rest of the world.  I've also always loved this song.  Swoon. Have a lovely day. :)


"Nobody has ever measured, not even poets
how much the heart can hold."
-Zelda Fitzgerald

"Smeared black ink... your face is ashen

And I'm barely listening to last demands

I'm staring at the asphalt wondering what's buried underneath

Where I am

Where I am
I'll wear my badge... a vinyl sticker with big block letters adherent to my chest
That tells your new friends I am a visitor here
I am not permanent.
And the only thing keeping me dry here is
Where I am"

Photo source: here

Summer's calling.

Ahh my friends.... summer is here. 

 It's really a time when we should all slow down a bit.  Staying busy can be good for us but only to a certain point.  If you're not yet feeling that sweet, slow summer vibe, maybe these images and words will inspire this evening. :)

"This is June, the month of grass and leaves... 

already the aspens are trembling again,

and a new summer is offered to me."

-Henry David Thoreau

"I want to be magic.  

I want to touch the heart of the world and make it smile.

I want to be under a tree or on a hill 

and marry a moonbeam and hear the stars sing.

I don't want to pretend to be magic anymore.

  I want to be magic."

-Charles de Lint

"I was never really insane except upoun occasions

when my heart was touched."

-Edgar Allen Poe

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"I am at one with a sea of sensations,

glitter, silk, skin, eyes, mouths,

desire."

-Anais Nin

"At any rate, let us love for awhile, a year or so,

you and me.  That's a form of divine drunkenness 

we can all try."

-S. Scott Fitzgerald

"It's because everything must end 

that everything is so beautiful."

-Carine Rotifeld

"It was time to move on,

to dance with life again."

-Jacqeuline Winspear