Reading in bed

Kelli Flitton

When the world feels too dark, read a children's book.
When you need to feel hope, read a children's book.
When you need to believe in magic, read a children's book. Children's lit is a balm to those worn out & in need of wonder. Never dismiss these books as 'just for children.'

Emma Haworth

What small joy have you savored this week so far?
(art by Karou Yamada)

Life is a paradox of being unpredictable & unbelievably precious, a mix of sorrow & song, healing & heartbreak.
Its beauty is found in its brevity. This can either open one up to the vulnerability of loving it all, or closing oneself up like a tight fist. I choose to love.

'Remain true to yourself but move ever upward toward greater consciousness & greater love! At the summit you will find yourselves united with all those who have made the same ascent. For everything that rises must converge.'
― Pierre Teilhard De Chardin, born #OTD in 1881

Afternoon sky at recess

One of my teacher friends made me cinnamon apple pie bread. And, yes, I love bread and Bluey.

Reading was my escape and my comfort, my consolation, my stimulant of choice: reading for the pure pleasure of it, for the beautiful stillness that surrounds you when you hear an author's words reverberating in your head.
- Paul Auster
Saddened to hear of his passing.

I have been doing yoga at home for a while, but I bravely went to an in-person class. I put aside all insecurities & fears. I got out of my own head & into my body. It was great.

Lesley McLaren

Jo Oakley

“The answer must be, I think, that beauty and grace are performed whether or not we will or sense them. The least we can do is try to be there.”
― Annie Dillard, who was born #OTD in 1945

While outside, putting up my hummingbird feeders with fresh sugar water, I spotted a Black-capped chickadee, a Blue Bird, a male House Finch, some Robins, and a Brown Thrasher.

“Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children play is serious learning. Play is really the work of childhood.”
― Fred Rogers
(art by Laivi Põder)

I have never felt loneliness while reading a book.
(art by Rebecca Cobb)

Why hello little bluebird. Thoreau once said, 'A man's interest in a single bluebird is worth more than a complete but dry list of the fauna and flora of a town.'

Elena L. Leonova

The poetry of light and shadow