Nancy Thayer, the author of thirty-one books about the mysteries and romance of families and relationships, offers insightful advice with this quote. Revising should always an option in life and fiction.
About the graphicThis is the path around Capulin Volcano National Monument, located between Raton, NM and Clayton, NM. The site is on a direct route between Texas and Colorado. We stopped to hike the rim on one of our trips.
The quote comes from an interview Quincy Jones did. Born March 14, 1933, in Chicago, Jones is an American musical performer, producer, arranger, and composer. His best-known works include Michael Jackson’s Thriller, the all-star charity recording “We Are the World,” the film The Color Purple, and the television series The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air .
About the Image: Finnegan MacCool in the wildflowers taken along a Texas hill country road. As Lady Bird Johnson and her husband, Lyndon Johnson, crisscrossed American on the campaign trail, she saw the opportunity for roadside restoration to bring regional identity to areas that otherwise might be lined with billboards and invasive species.Thanks to their Highway Beautification Act of 1965 drives along highways in the springtime do offer opportunities to stop and snap pictures and be touched by regional flowers.
About the Image: Picture taken at Longwood Gardens in Pennsylvania. I love visiting beautiful gardens when we travel. Flowers speak to me and bring a smile. I’m sharing this other language quote in hopes you’ll hear the flowers and smile too.
About the Image: The snapdragons underneath our bay window. Taken years ago with an old Olympia camera and an unsteady hand. With all the rain we’ve been having here in Texas lately I needed this reminder of why we need rain.
Around here, birds are chirping and squirrels are scampering. Trees are budding and the pines are raining green pollen. Spring is indeed at work with joyful enthusiasm in our neck of the woods.
So is the yearning to dig in the dirt. Spring Fever, once again, at war with the task of getting words on the page, and I think it’s winning.
Our calendars may say spring, but for many the view says winter. If that’s your view, take heart in Emerson’s words and be patience. Spring will come.
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