the sturdy oak

listens as i whisper to the ground
and the air collects the sound
of emotion pouring out of my soul

"the sturdy oak" july 2009

be anything but bland.

if you meet a loner

no matter what they tell you, it's not because they enjoy solitude. it's because they have tried to blend into the world before, and people continue to disappoint them.

my sister's keeper by jodi picoult

this earthly life is a battle

...if it isn't one thing to contend with, it's another...the sooner you make your mind up about that, the better off you are.

-Ma, "Little Town on the Prairie"

as long as we are on earth

the love that unites us will bring us suffering by our very contact with one another because this love is the resetting of a Body of broken bones.

we are born from the darkness

and poured into life

"after all...

to the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure. you know, the Stone was really not such a wonderful thing. as much money and life as you could want! the two things most human beings would choose above all -- the trouble is, humans do have a knack of choosing precisely those things that are worst for them."

-albus dumbledore

it's not hard for us to say what we should not

if just for tonight darling, let's get lost
if just for tonight darling, let's get lost


Beck and Bat For Lashes- - - - - >Let's Get Lost

who is the betrayer

who's the killer in the crowd
the one who creeps in corridors
and doesnt make a sound

my love has concrete feet
my love's an iron ball
wrapped around your ankles
over the waterfall

i'm so heavy, heavy
heavy in your arms
i'm so heavy, heavy
so heavy in your arms


"Heavy In Your Arms"
Florence + The Machine

but he is in heaven

i know that for a fact.

from 'remember' by eight-year-old me.

this burning that envelops me

i know not what it means...

am i cold and must stay close for warmth or



am i suffocating?

a word will never be able to comprehend the voice that utters it

sun hot as noon ~ ~ ~

~ ~ ~ in late july

be proud of your blessings.

how are you today?

blessed.

- - the hub - -

life is a *j*o*u*r*n*e*y*

not a destination.

sit with me.

ah, music

a magic beyond all we do here!

-albus dumbledore

one short day in the emerald city

the little yellow flowers

that nobody notices on the edge of that road are saints looking up into the face of God.

thomas merton.

amor.

found even amidst the remains of the berlin wall...

it's friday.

rejoice and be merry.

.

sometimes words get stuck on the way to my mouth

O beautiful for patriot dream

That sees beyond the years
Thine alabaster cities gleam
Undimmed by human tears!

identity.

a tree gives glory to God by being a tree.

adorableness.

painted on the exterior of a building in munich, germany.