#107

Sky this morning like a delicate piece of paper with water damage... but beautiful.

Thought for the day: The way to make peace with the past... is silence.

#106

'...but be filled with the Spirit, as you sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs among yourselves, singing and making melody to the Lord in your hearts...' (Ephesians 5.18-19)

#105

On earth reveal'd the beauties of the skies,

Angelic features, it was mine to hail;

Features, which wake my mingled joy and wail,

While all besides like dreams or shadows flies.

And fill'd with tears I saw those two bright eyes,

Which oft have turn'd the sun with envy pale;

And from those lips I heard--oh! such a tale,

As might awake brute Nature's sympathies!

Wit, pity, excellence, and grief, and love

With blended plaint so sweet a concert made,

As ne'er was given to mortal ear to prove:

And heaven itself such mute attention paid,

That not a breath disturb'd the listening grove--

Even æther's wildest gales the tuneful charm obey'd. (Sonnet cxxiii of Petrarch)

#104

Beautiful, sun-soaked day with not a cloud in the sky...

'The life of Jesus makes the Christian experience a real delight, not a religious duty.' (p. 78 Steve McVey, "Grace Walk")

#103

A hot, heavy, humid haze enveloping Manhattan; resounding a firm 'no' to every idea or plan that requires effort...

'Comfort, ease, and joy can be cultivated through practice. To do this, we must give up excessive ambition and the desperate struggle for results, and let ourselves feel the pain of our longing, of having to wait to make music the way we want to. We can learn to relax with this longing and to enjoy its soft, warm presence in the heart. This warmth will then shine through the music we make and touch the hearts of others.' (Madeline Bruser - Art of Practicing p14)

#102

Awash in the burning light of dawn...

'Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.' (Romans 12.9.12)

#101

Cloudless morning...


'But everything exposed by the light becomes visible, for everything that becomes visible is light.' (Eph. 5.14)