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Perspective

Perspective is relative… West Quoddy Light House at Quoddy Head, Maine.

West Quoddy Head Lighthouse is located at the easternmost point of the continental United States. When you see this lighthouse, you can easily getting the feeling that perspective is all relative. One also understands that time is relative there as well… It’s an absolute gorgeous place to watch the first sunrise in the country, which takes place roughly one hour before the rest of the east coast, as West Quoddy Lighthouse is technically in the Atlantic Time Zone.

West Quoddy Lighthouse is part of Quoddy Head State Park. The first tower built in 1808 by orders from President Thomas Jefferson. The current lighthouse tower that stands was built in 1858. Quoddy Head State Park is comprised of 541 protected coastal acres with stunning views of the Atlantic Ocean and Grand Manan Island in the Bay of Fundy. A visit to Quoddy Lighthouse is a must see if you are traveling along Maine’s Bold Coast.

Quoddy Light No. 1

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Quoddy Light No. 2

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Quoddy Light No. 3

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Quoddy Light No. 4

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Poem of the Day: Robert Frost’s A Time To Talk

I love stone walls, they beckon me to sit a while and talk with a friend…

A Time to Talk by, Robert Frost (1874-1963)

When a friend calls to me from the road

And slows his horse to a meaning walk,

I don’t stand still and look around

On all the hills I haven’t hoed,

And shout from where I am, What is it?

No, not as there is a time to talk.

I thrust my hoe in the mellow ground,

Blade-end up and five feet tall,

And plod: I go up to the stone wall

For a friendly visit.

Photo: Maudslay State Park in Newburyport, Massachusetts.

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Photo of the Day: A Goldfinch Ponders

From my Pandemic Garden…

A Goldfinch Ponders…

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Poem of the Day: Holy Longing

I ran across this lovely poem on Facebook today. It spoke to me, I hope it speaks to you.

Holy Longing by van Goethe

Holy Longing by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Tell a wise person, or else keep silent,
because the mass man will mock it right away.
I praise what is truly alive,
what longs to be burned to death.

In the calm water of the love-nights,
where you were begotten, where you have begotten,
a strange feeling comes over you,
when you see the silent candle burning.

Now you are no longer caught in the obsession with darkness,
and a desire for higher love-making sweeps you upward.

Distance does not make you falter.
Now, arriving in magic, flying,
and finally, insane for the light,
you are the butterfly and you are gone.
And so long as you haven’t experienced this: to die and so to grow,
you are only a troubled guest on the dark earth.

Blessed be

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Reflections: A Sacred Grove

Grove of Trees and Rhododendrons in Maudslay State Park

I wandered through the forest, lost and bereft, until I came across a sacred grove. The tree in the center was broken and battered like me, yet its form was that of a cross. Not unlike myself when I extend my arms up to shoulder height and hold them there. But I was too tired to stand there like the tree with my arms held aloft. It was no small thing just to be present most days, let alone holding a pose. So, I sat in the center of the sacred grove and I asked the tree for some of its strength.

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What If A Tulip Sprang?

A new poem about what can grow in our heart space…

What If A Tulip Sprang? 

What if a tulip sprang,
from my heart? 
What if the tender sprouts
rose up from my heart
until they became leaves
that spread
within my heat space,
healing
my weary soul. 

Oh, those strong green leaves
rising from the Earth,
do they not form
the shape of
the bottom of
the heart.
They are the base
that holds up
the flower. 

The stem begins to grow. 
It is taller than
the leaves 
and on top of the stem
forms a bud. 
The bud begins to grow.
Soon that bud
Presents the faint hint
of color. 

Then the bud
begins to open. 
It forms fully into
a ripe tulip
rich with hues
of magenta, 
white and green. 
No ordinary tulip,
this one. 

This tulip
It unfolds all ruffly
like a skirt with a petticoat
and that is the crux
of its beauty. 
Each petal is a piece
of my heart. 
Each petal is a layer
of my life. 

Each petal 
is the soft,
sweet,
gentle space
I hold
In my heart. 
What if 
a tulip sprang
from my heart? 

If a tulip sprang
from my heart, 
it would surely signify
my heart is open,
and I too 
can unfold
like the ruffled tulip
that sprang up
from the Earth. 

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