TOO OFTEN WE UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF A TOUCH, A SMILE, A KIND WORD, A LISTENING EAR, AN HONEST COMPLIMENT, OR THE SMALLEST ACT OF CARING, ALL OF WHICH HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO TURN A LIFE AROUND
small dreams no houses as long as a train with places feet never touch no rooms decorated in hues stark and plain no notice of tax that could instead pay for college just a cottage wild ferns a yard stretching forever alive with prairie grass and sounds of pleasant insects making hay a trail to the river sounds of water faint lines of lights miles and miles away... this too then... a place to write where I can see nesting birds just beyond the wooden windowsill a small spot as plain as me where my words can hum in the quiet and where my simple heart is always warm....
My Peculiar Aristocratic Title is:
I'm guessing that this one will pop up for Deb at http://quiltingwithragdolls.blogspot.com/
ReplyDeleteYou are right! Looks like you're having a great time out west! Enjoy.
ReplyDeleteI love your blog banner! When I took the test to see which Austen hero I am the answer was Elinor Dashwood. So we have some things in common for sure.
ReplyDeleteI LOVE your heading banner! Beautiful quilt and lovely setting!
ReplyDeleteWow, Kim, how sweet of you to mention my name and "fabulous" in the same line!
ReplyDeleteBlush.