Monday, July 29, 2019
July 29, 2019 by Cathy Doud
A world of grass and flowers stretched around me, rising and falling in gentle undulations, as if an enchanter had struck the ocean swell, and it was at rest forever…
— Eliza Steele,
“Summer Journey in the West” (1840)
Friday, July 26, 2019
July 26, 2019 by Cathy Doud
Summer afternoon – Summer afternoon… the two most beautiful words in the English language.
– Henry James
Thursday, July 25, 2019
July 25, 2019 by Cathy Doud
The heart that is generous and kind most resembles God.
– Robert Burns
Wednesday, July 24, 2019
July 24, 2019 by Cathy Doud
Our life is an apprenticeship to the truth that around every circle another can be drawn; that there is no end in nature, but every end is a beginning, and under every deep a lower deep opens.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
Tuesday, July 23, 2019
July 23, 2019 by Cathy Doud
Not until we are lost do we begin to find ourselves.
~Henry David Thoreau
Monday July 22, 2019
July 22, 2019 by Cathy Doud
Sunset on the prairie! It was haunting, unearthly, lovely.
– Marian Sloan Russell, “Land of Enchantment”
Friday, July 19, 2019
July 19, 2019 by Cathy Doud
There shall be eternal summer in the grateful heart.
~Celia Thaxter
Thursday, July 18, 2019
July 18, 2019 by Cathy Doud
Live in each season as it passes: breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit.
– Henry David Thoreau
Tuesday, July 16, 2019
July 16, 2019 by Cathy Doud
I see God in every human being. When I wash the leper’s wounds, I feel I am nursing the Lord himself. Is it not a beautiful experience?
— Mother Teresa
Monday, July 15, 2019
July 15, 2019 by Cathy Doud
In summer, the song sings itself.
~William Carlos Williams
