Nobody sees a flower – really – it is so small it takes time – we haven’t time – and to see takes time, like to have a friend takes time.

Georgia O’Keeffe

The dark slides unhurried across the sky to blackness where, with a touch, there is a sizzle, then a pop, then glorious flight. Where stars once softly sparkled, explosions of radiant color now, somehow, take our breath and feed our souls in the same enchanted moment.

~Jodi Diderrich

Her audience stirs, disconcerted, as she drifts across the stage. Simple, almost invisible in her quietude, she waits, until, like a thousand tiny bubbles, the music rises around her. The seductive beat generates friction against her skin, generating a spark to light the ember within. Now, arms wide open, she can release the veracity of her spirit, radiant, overflowing, unstoppable.

~Jodi Diderrich

As the air becomes chilly these girls get busy ~ they candy the apples, and stomp the grapes ~ they clip pumpkins from the vine ~ when all work is done, they savor the taste’s, getting gitty on wine ~

~Suzanne Simonovich