“Just the knowledge that a good book is waiting one at the end of a long day makes that day happier.” – Kathleen Norris
“Marvelous Truth, confront us at every turn and in every guise.” – Denise Levertov
“The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in.” – Mitch Albom
Check out the Elf Woods
And the Elf Lavallees
Now that is the godfamily I know and love!
Words I like today:
parabola
marginalia
conundrum
errata
Quote of the day:
“The trouble with jogging is that the ice falls out of your glass.” – Martin Mull
Had brunch this morning with Bouff and baby Eloise and Shafer and baby Georgie – what a treat to see their baby girls. Gracie came with me and I was struck again by how big and grown up she has become, seemingly overnight. See above: top is Georgie, Gracie, Eloise, and bottom is Grace’s first day of life.
“I lean over, and remember
the first days of our daughter’s life
when I bent double over her cradle
as she slept, my tears odd, wild,
tropical spots on the cot-sheet
I swore to her I’d raise her until in her strength she could leave me.”
(Sharon Olds)
The world is charged with the grandeur of God.
It will flame out, like shining from shook foil
It gathers to a greatness, like the ooze of oil.
(Gerard Manley Hopkins)