I like to start my day with a few minutes of quiet contemplation and this is usually where I practice. I have a sort of bay window in my bedroom, about 18 inches of space to collect dust. I have a battery powered candle sitting which I use sometimes to change the mood. I’ve had the wicker rocker now for several years and have it broken in to fit my tush. It is beginning to be brittle so every so often I find pieces on the floor. This window faces the south-southeast so early morning sun will be my companion during the summer. I use the fleece blanket, draped over the end of my bed, to wrap around my legs on those colder winter mornings. It is my quiet place.
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TWISBI Eco
This is my TWSBI Eco fountain pen. This pen is not as attractive to me as my conventional pens because it is a demonstrator pen. A demonstrator pen is made of clear resin so you can see the inside of the pen, its piston mechanism and ink flow. I have this pen loaded with Pelikan Edelstein Topaz ink which is a very pretty blue. The more I use this pen the more I like it. It is a smooth writer and allows good ink flow. I ordered the medium nib which seemed too wide for me until I found this ink that works well with the wetter nib.
A side note. Had to replace my water heater on Thursday. I have been wanting to replace it for the past year as it’s somewhere between 16 and 18 years old. The last thing I need is to have it break down and deal with flooding. On Monday it began making unfamiliar noises so I called to have it replaced. There is a sigh of relief but also a cringe because my wallet it $1150 lighter which means a delay on the next camera lens. 🙁
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“It is inhumane, in my opinion, to force people who have a genuine medical need for coffee to wait in line behind people who apparently view it as some kind of recreational activity.”
Dave Berry -
Shadows at the Mailbox
Photography is not about cameras, gadgets and gizmos.
Peter Adams
Photography is about photographers.
A camera didn’t make a great picture
any more than a typewriter wrote a great novel. -
Amber’s Art
Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.
Henry Ward Beecher -
More Shadows
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Conversation
“The greatest compliment that was ever paid me
Henry David Thoreau
was when someone asked me what I thought,
and attended to my answer.” -
Being Changed
“Prayer is not asking for what you think you want, but asking to be changed in ways you can’t imagine.”
Anne Lamott









