Notes:
- Post Title: From Mary Oliver’s “Terns” (Thank you Make Believe Boutique)
- DK Photos: 6:15 to 6:40. 60° F. Cove Island Park, Stamford, CT. More photos from this morning here.
Notes:
Don’t forget, as busy as you may be, to quickly raise your head and cast a glance at those great silver clouds and that silent blue ocean in which they are swimming…take notice of the resplendence and glory that overlie this day…because this day will never, ever come again! This day is a gift to you like a rose in full bloom, lying at your feet, waiting for you to pick it up and press it to your lips.
― Rosa Luxemburg, (1871-1919) in “Reform Or Revolution”
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DK, Daybreak. October 25, 2020. 6:30-7:30 am. 42° F. Cloud Cover 75%. Cove Island Park, Stamford, CT
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So rests the sky against the earth. The dark still tarn in the lap of the forest. As a husband embraces his wife’s body in faithful tenderness, so the bare ground and trees are embraced by the still, high, light of the morning. I feel an ache of longing to share in this embrace, to be united and absorbed. A longing like carnal desire, but directed towards earth, water, sky, and returned by the whispers of the trees, the fragrance of the soil, the caresses of the wind, the embrace of water and light. Content? No, no, no–but refreshed, rested–while waiting.
— Dag Hammarskjöld, “Markings” (Alfred A. Knopf, 1964)
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The three great elemental sounds in nature are the sound of rain, the sound of wind in a primeval wood, and the sound of outer ocean on a beach. I have heard them all, and of the three elemental voices, that of ocean is the most awesome, beautiful and varied.
Quote Source: Thank you Rob Firchau @ Hammock Papers. Image Source: abirdeyeview