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I volunteered with Dad to place wreaths for Wreaths Across America. It was quite a moving experience. The gesture of so many helping reminded me of the importance of community and recognizing what it has given me. “Give plenty of what is given to you, / Listen to pity's call; / Don't think the little you give is great, / And the much you get is small.” - Phoebe Cary “A Legend of the Northland” (at Florida National Cemetery) https://www.instagram.com/p/CmVSqiAOWO2/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

The golden hour brought this golden moment for me to stand and stare at this man who inspires and pushes me. “A poor life this if, full of care, / We have no time to stand and stare.” ~William Henry Davies (at Brooksville Country Club) https://www.instagram.com/p/CcbvIFQMB0U/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

“Though my mother was already two years dead / Dad kept her slippers warming by the gas, / put hot water bottles her side of the bed / and still went to renew her transport pass.” ~Tony Harrison Eight years later and Dad renews and refreshes her memory in honest, and loving ways: doing things “the way Donna would”, or giving love equally (and in equal dollar amounts) to his grandchildren, or still wearing his wedding band like a newlywed. Gestures like these keep her alive in his heart and in our lives. https://www.instagram.com/p/CadBid6F8t2/?utm_medium=tumblr

“Look at winter / With winter eyes” -Robert Florian The solstice has brought an end, but don’t look beyond the end. See this moment for what it is, and not what you want it to be. (at Otisco, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/CXxMyhms3Bo/?utm_medium=tumblr

“There ain’t no way you can hold onto something that wants to go, you understand? You can only love what you got while you got it.” from Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo Whether it be as fleeting as a sunset, or as eternal as the one you love, you must love the moment when it is there. (at Town Pier. Plymouth Waterfront) https://www.instagram.com/p/CWcVOm4hxSD/?utm_medium=tumblr

“The Rainbow comes and goes, / And lovely is the Rose, / The Moon doth with delight / Look round her when the heavens are bare, / Waters on a starry night / Are beautiful and fair; / The sunshine is a glorious birth; / But yet I know, where’er I go, / That there hath past away a glory from the earth.” -William Wordsworth The drive to school presented this sunrise. While I almost always rejoice in the colors of a new day, the celebration of life for Fred Lair ushered in a new perspective: I could no longer naively lose myself in the scene before me. The heartache I felt knowing an affectionate husband, loving father, and steadfast friend was no longer a part of the world was more powerful than my insignificant moment alone. #ridelikethewind (at Bushnell, Florida) https://www.instagram.com/p/CTlf8thsIQO/?utm_medium=tumblr

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“Glorious fountain! Let my heart be Fresh, changeful, constant, Upward like thee!” excerpted from “The Fountain” by James Russell Lowell The fountain is jubilant, and effusive, and ever changing. Oh, to have such joy for each moment and day. (at Downtown Dade City Main Street) https://www.instagram.com/p/CR0AxiXFYhF/?utm_medium=tumblr

“Here in the years when life was bright With dewy mornings and sunset light, In the pleasant season of leafy June, In each idle, holiday afternoon I lov'd to wander with willow wand— I lov'd on the river border to stand And take the trout or the yellow bream That leap'd, that glanc'd athwart the stream.” from “The Old Mill by the River” by Isaac McLellan I went out to just stand and forget about time and things on my “To Do” list. I listened for fish jumping and felt the slow movement of the river moving by. Or, more simply put, I was a kid with no worries. (at Baldwinsville, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/CQ7ennhlYNe/?utm_medium=tumblr

“To find the universal elements enough; to find the air and the water exhilarating; to be refreshed by a morning walk or an evening saunter … to be thrilled by the stars at night; to be elated over a bird’s nest or a wildflower in spring—these are some of the rewards of the simple life.” — John Burroughs What we have is enough. Slow down to see the beauty in simplicity and revel in how powerful and amazing nature is. (at Cohasset, Massachusetts) https://www.instagram.com/p/CQ48eUznbBB/?utm_medium=tumblr

"Smooth it glides upon its travel, Here a wimple, there a gleam – O the clean gravel! O the smooth stream!" ~Robert Louis Stevenson (at Bayou Drive) https://www.instagram.com/p/CJzzDMLleeO/?igshid=e9mcsb218fjk

To the wrongs that need resistance, To the right that needs assistance, To the future in the distance, Give yourselves. ~Carrie Chapman Catt There is a need beyond the horizon. Know not what it is. Go forth and and bring to it what it requires- you. (at Chinsegut Prarie to Pines Trail) https://www.instagram.com/p/CJm526DFo20/?igshid=4uqvr59co3le

“Solitude sharpens awareness of small pleasures otherwise lost.” ~Kevin Patterson (at Gulf Of Mexico (end of the Withlacooche)) https://www.instagram.com/p/CBl8JDNl1Ig/?igshid=yd6x7g95fbhl

"One touch of nature makes the whole world kin." ~William Shakespeare Stop, be still, and nature will touch you and bring you back into her fold. (at Southern Pines Condominiums) https://www.instagram.com/p/CBB3W8_Fim7/?igshid=1lstch5jsirga

To Mom: Last night was just a simple moment, but became so overwhelming when I wanted to share this moment and realized you were the one I wanted to share it with. Wordsworth is one of a few who knows. Surprised by Joy William Wordsworth Surprised by joy—impatient as the Wind I turned to share the transport—Oh! with whom But Thee, long buried in the silent Tomb, That spot which no vicissitude can find? Love, faithful love, recalled thee to my mind— But how could I forget thee?—Through what power, Even for the least division of an hour, Have I been so beguiled as to be blind To my most grievous loss!—That thought’s return Was the worst pang that sorrow ever bore, Save one, one only, when I stood forlorn, Knowing my heart’s best treasure was no more; That neither present time, nor years unborn Could to my sight that heavenly face restore. (at Southern Pines Condominiums) https://www.instagram.com/p/CAXy20IHev7/?igshid=vw2z68ibe18w

"You will change, / says the stars to the sun, / Says the night to the stars." ~Kathleen Raine (at Southern Pines Condominiums) https://www.instagram.com/p/CAMHESNlNo-/?igshid=nw7auxuaf881

"Any glimpse into the life of an animal quickens our own and makes it so much the larger and better in every way.” ~John Muir (at Southern Pines Condominiums) https://www.instagram.com/p/B_8VyEqFIMt/?igshid=1id8bss864bqv

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