Pinned
"Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced."
~ Søren Kierkegaard
November Afternoon (1881)
🎨 Alfred Sisley
~ Søren Kierkegaard
November Afternoon (1881)
🎨 Alfred Sisley
• John O'Donohue •
November 27, 2025 at 9:11 PM
• John O'Donohue •
"To give thanks in solitude is enough. Thanksgiving has wings and goes where it must go. Your prayer knows much more about it than you do."
~ Victor Hugo
~ Victor Hugo
November 27, 2025 at 12:56 PM
"To give thanks in solitude is enough. Thanksgiving has wings and goes where it must go. Your prayer knows much more about it than you do."
~ Victor Hugo
~ Victor Hugo
Poem of the Day 😄 🇺🇸 🙌
#Thanksgiving2025
(𝗧𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗴𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼? ✅️)
'Thanksgiving Day'
by Lydia Maria Child
#Thanksgiving2025
(𝗧𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗴𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼? ✅️)
'Thanksgiving Day'
by Lydia Maria Child
November 27, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Poem of the Day 😄 🇺🇸 🙌
#Thanksgiving2025
(𝗧𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗴𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼? ✅️)
'Thanksgiving Day'
by Lydia Maria Child
#Thanksgiving2025
(𝗧𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗴𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼? ✅️)
'Thanksgiving Day'
by Lydia Maria Child
The opening page of 'Bleak House' by Charles Dickens is always a treat.
November 27, 2025 at 8:25 AM
The opening page of 'Bleak House' by Charles Dickens is always a treat.
"Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising that tempt you to believe your critics are right."
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Rondane Night (1913)
🎨 Harald Sohlberg
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Rondane Night (1913)
🎨 Harald Sohlberg
November 26, 2025 at 9:29 PM
"Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising that tempt you to believe your critics are right."
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Rondane Night (1913)
🎨 Harald Sohlberg
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Rondane Night (1913)
🎨 Harald Sohlberg
Pause a moment, and read...
• Linda Hogan •
• Linda Hogan •
November 25, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Pause a moment, and read...
• Linda Hogan •
• Linda Hogan •
"Having begun to love you, I love you forever—in all changes, in all disgraces, because you are yourself."
~ Thomas Hardy,
𝑇𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑’𝑈𝑟𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑠
🎨 John Atkinson Grimshaw
~ Thomas Hardy,
𝑇𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑’𝑈𝑟𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑠
🎨 John Atkinson Grimshaw
November 25, 2025 at 5:55 PM
"Having begun to love you, I love you forever—in all changes, in all disgraces, because you are yourself."
~ Thomas Hardy,
𝑇𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑’𝑈𝑟𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑠
🎨 John Atkinson Grimshaw
~ Thomas Hardy,
𝑇𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑’𝑈𝑟𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑠
🎨 John Atkinson Grimshaw
“Believe that life is worth living, and your very belief will help create the fact.”
~ William James
Winter Morning in Paris (1901)
🎨 Camille Pissarro
~ William James
Winter Morning in Paris (1901)
🎨 Camille Pissarro
November 25, 2025 at 8:35 AM
“Believe that life is worth living, and your very belief will help create the fact.”
~ William James
Winter Morning in Paris (1901)
🎨 Camille Pissarro
~ William James
Winter Morning in Paris (1901)
🎨 Camille Pissarro
A round of applause for the French is in order! 👏👏👏
November 24, 2025 at 6:56 PM
A round of applause for the French is in order! 👏👏👏
Beautiful...
• Sara Teasdale •
• Sara Teasdale •
November 24, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Beautiful...
• Sara Teasdale •
• Sara Teasdale •
"Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn."
~ Harriet Beecher Stowe
November Sunset on the Thames
🎨 Lucien Pissarro (1919)
~ Harriet Beecher Stowe
November Sunset on the Thames
🎨 Lucien Pissarro (1919)
November 24, 2025 at 3:19 PM
"Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn."
~ Harriet Beecher Stowe
November Sunset on the Thames
🎨 Lucien Pissarro (1919)
~ Harriet Beecher Stowe
November Sunset on the Thames
🎨 Lucien Pissarro (1919)
"Do not shorten the morning by getting up late; look upon it as the quintessence of life, as to a certain extent sacred."
~ Arthur Schopenhauer
Winter's Morning (1877)
🎨 William Hart
~ Arthur Schopenhauer
Winter's Morning (1877)
🎨 William Hart
November 24, 2025 at 6:53 AM
"Do not shorten the morning by getting up late; look upon it as the quintessence of life, as to a certain extent sacred."
~ Arthur Schopenhauer
Winter's Morning (1877)
🎨 William Hart
~ Arthur Schopenhauer
Winter's Morning (1877)
🎨 William Hart
In Rostellan Woods late this afternoon. (The slowly decreasing light over the course of an hour was a thing of beauty.)
November 23, 2025 at 10:12 PM
In Rostellan Woods late this afternoon. (The slowly decreasing light over the course of an hour was a thing of beauty.)
Ever enchanted by...
Deep in The Wild Wood
🎨 Chris Dunn
Deep in The Wild Wood
🎨 Chris Dunn
November 23, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Ever enchanted by...
Deep in The Wild Wood
🎨 Chris Dunn
Deep in The Wild Wood
🎨 Chris Dunn
A splendid utterance...
November 23, 2025 at 12:00 PM
A splendid utterance...
• Edward Thomas •
November 23, 2025 at 9:26 AM
• Edward Thomas •
“You are constantly invited to be what you are.”
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
At Dusk in November (1891)
🎨 Hugo Darnaut
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
At Dusk in November (1891)
🎨 Hugo Darnaut
November 22, 2025 at 4:46 PM
“You are constantly invited to be what you are.”
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
At Dusk in November (1891)
🎨 Hugo Darnaut
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
At Dusk in November (1891)
🎨 Hugo Darnaut
🎶 And I...
love Vermont,
but it's the season of the sticks
and I...
love Vermont,
but it's the season of the sticks
and I...
November 22, 2025 at 1:59 PM
🎶 And I...
love Vermont,
but it's the season of the sticks
and I...
love Vermont,
but it's the season of the sticks
and I...
The wisest voice of all...
• David Whyte •
• David Whyte •
November 21, 2025 at 7:57 PM
The wisest voice of all...
• David Whyte •
• David Whyte •
"Trees indeed have hearts."
~ Henry David Thoreau
🎨 Nino Chakvetadze
~ Henry David Thoreau
🎨 Nino Chakvetadze
November 20, 2025 at 5:39 PM
"Trees indeed have hearts."
~ Henry David Thoreau
🎨 Nino Chakvetadze
~ Henry David Thoreau
🎨 Nino Chakvetadze
Every so often, I think of these words by Bobby Kennedy on Gross National Product way back in 1968.
November 20, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Every so often, I think of these words by Bobby Kennedy on Gross National Product way back in 1968.
"Life has its own hidden forces which you can only discover by living."
~ Søren Kierkegaard
🎨 James T. Watts (1892)
~ Søren Kierkegaard
🎨 James T. Watts (1892)
November 20, 2025 at 11:05 AM
"Life has its own hidden forces which you can only discover by living."
~ Søren Kierkegaard
🎨 James T. Watts (1892)
~ Søren Kierkegaard
🎨 James T. Watts (1892)
• Mary Oliver •
November 20, 2025 at 8:01 AM
• Mary Oliver •
It's the kind of night where I wish I was back at Hogwarts: up in the Gryffindor Tower Common Room, sipping on a delicious hot toddy of Ogden's Old Firewhisky, with snow falling outside, and lazily flicking through Quidditch Through the Ages.
November 19, 2025 at 8:21 PM
It's the kind of night where I wish I was back at Hogwarts: up in the Gryffindor Tower Common Room, sipping on a delicious hot toddy of Ogden's Old Firewhisky, with snow falling outside, and lazily flicking through Quidditch Through the Ages.