...laughter is the sun...

laughter is the sun

that drives winter from the human face.

~victor hugo

and there

was laughter.

tuesday when these were taken.

but.

and i hate to sound like.

a broken record.

but.

since then.

rain.

cold rain.

and today.

twenty-nine degrees.

and snow.

seriously.

everyone you meet is edgy. 

it is way past time.

for sun.

thankfully you will find more here.

light + objects = shadows.

shadows are the bonus.

just BE.

robin.

...& you will start to glow just a little...

this is a box full of wishes &

 every one is different

 & every one lasts for just long enough for you to decide if it's really worth doing

 & when you finally decide on your real wish it will fill up your whole heart & soul

 & it will leak out of your eyes sometimes

 when you least expect it 

& you will start to glow just a little

 & here & there,

 you will see other people who glow a little, too,

 because they have found their real wish.

 that is how you know someone who has a real wish,

 because it marks you forever with love.

~storypeople

the sun.

is having a battle with the rain.

and the rain is winning.

five to one.

so.

find the beauty.

because even tho my soul.

longs for warmth.

and my feet want to dance.

i can find beauty.

in the silence.

in the rain.

one soul droplet.

at.

a.

time.

just BE.

robin.

...4.14.13...

michigan, in my area, over the last four days.

 

beboundless.

there are people

who would live in a dream world,

and there are some

who face reality;

and then there are those

who turn one

into the other.

~douglas everett

from the book be.

dreamer?

realist?

life throws you curves.

all you really have to do.

is to decide to enjoy the ride.

welcome to coffee hour.

welcome to this Sunday morning.

just BE.

robin.

...there are angels...

april 12,12

april 11,13

Most people don't know there are angels

 whose only job is to make sure you don't get too comfortable

 & fall asleep & miss your life.

~storypeople

is anyone else.

having trouble.

dialing spring in on their wide screen?

i keep getting.

"this picture might be the fault of your receiver."

the sun has forgotten us.

today.

the picture is just snow.

where is that remote...

light + objects= shadows

i am headed there for light and love.

join us.

just BE.

robin.

...4.7.13...

beunstoppable.

after the final no

there comes a yes,

 and on that yes

 the future world depends.

~wallace stevens

from the book be.

we all hate the no's.

but isn't it sweet.

when you hear.

yes.

keep pushing through.

yes. is. coming.

welcome to coffee hour.

welcome to this Sunday morning.

just BE.

robin.

...little packets of light...

these are little packets of light

& you need to plant them

early in the year

& remember to mark where 

they were because

lots of times they look like weeds in the beginning

& and its not until later you see

how beautiful they really are.

~storypeople

the sun shone.

a brilliant light yesterday.

so camera in hand.

to capture shadows.

light snowflakes today.

spring is trying.

but mother nature.

apparently has some winter left.

in her vase.

light + objects = shadows

join us.

just BE.

robin.

...people left all the high places to him...

he carried a ladder

almost everywhere he went

and after a while

people left all the high places to him.

~storypeople

imagine.

what you miss.

when you don't take.

the time.

to sit and breathe.

to.

just BE.

robin.

...3.31.13...

 

becommitted.

from a certain point onward

there is no longer 

turning back.

that is the point 

that must be reached.

~frank kafka

from the book be.

Here is the amazing thing about Easter;

 the Resurrection Sunday for Christians is this,

 that Christ in the dying moments on the cross

 gives us the greatest illustration of forgiveness possible.
T. D. Jakes 

amen.

happy Easter.

welcome to coffee hour.

welcome to this Sunday morning.

just BE.

robin.

...to welcome spring...

now when the primrose makes a splendid show, 

and lilies face the march-winds in full blow, 

and humbler growths as moved with one desire put on,

 to welcome spring, their best attire,

 poor robin is yet flowerless; 

but how gay with his red stalks upon this sunny day!

~william wordsworth

 this is not my typical shadow shot.

but it is.

as you can see.

a robin.

and there are shadows from the tree.

how could i not use this shot for the day.

yes.

i am a happy soul.

now that the robin's.

have returned.

light + objects = shadows

just BE. 

robin.

...3.24.13...

 

bestrong.

we define ourselves

by the best that is in us,

not the

worst that has been

done to us.

~edward lewis

from the book be.

today.

is just grey.

the sounds.

are of crows.

and chickadees.

i listened.

for a robin.

but nothing yet.

even elliott.

isn't impressed.

be strong.

our best is in us.

let it shine through.

welcome to coffee hour.

welcome to this Sunday morning.

just BE.

robin.