One Good Thing: Snow and More Snow - Mindful Writing Challenge

Friday, January 3, 2014

Snow and More Snow - Mindful Writing Challenge

in a vast stormy sky, warmth retreats behind a peak

snow clouds ride gusts into town

sunset: winter storm warning for Breckenridge

small stone

Mindful Writing Challenge

observe closely each day - write it down

11 comments:

Gail DixonJanuary 3, 2014 at 6:07 PM
Yikes, I hope you don't get TOO much snow! Your writing and photo are both wonderfully done!
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DeannaJanuary 3, 2014 at 7:40 PM
I love when you do this writing challenge...such beautiful words placed together in a meaningful phrase. Yikes, that storm looks immense....stay safe, stay warm!!
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TexWisGirlJanuary 3, 2014 at 7:55 PM
brrr. i can feel it now.
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CynthiaJanuary 3, 2014 at 8:24 PM
The weather up there looks ominous, but beautifully portrayed. It's good to see you back. Keep warm!
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DuffJanuary 3, 2014 at 10:08 PM
I so remember that lavender light that came on a cold winter dusk in the Rockies...well, actually, I remember it because of your mindful attention today...and now I have retrieved that sweet memory.
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Sallie (FullTime-Life)January 4, 2014 at 4:34 PM
A good time to stay indoors and write.
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AnonymousJanuary 5, 2014 at 5:00 AM
Love that last line - almost sounds like a fun time at least for the "snow clouds"!
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Arkansas PattiJanuary 5, 2014 at 11:11 AM
That might be the prettiest prestorm photo I have seen. I so like a violent sky, if I am somewhere safe. Hope you stay warm and safe.
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Splendid Little StarsJanuary 5, 2014 at 4:51 PM
gorgeous!
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susanvgJanuary 5, 2014 at 7:53 PM
What splendid skies even if they portend bad weather.
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HildredJanuary 6, 2014 at 9:22 AM
So glad I found your small stones, Barb - marvelous clouds and lighting.
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Inspiration from Others

We either make ourselves happy or miserable. The amount of work is the same. - Carlos Castenada, mystic and author (1925-1998)

Nobody can make you feel inferior without your permission. - Eleanor Roosevelt, diplomat, author, and lecturer (1884-1962)

Be master of your petty annoyances and conserve your energies for the big,  worthwhile things. It isn't the mountain ahead that wears you out - it's  the grain of sand in your shoe. - Robert Service, writer (1874-1958)

People travel to wonder at the height of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motion of the stars; and they pass by themselves without wondering. - Saint Augustine (354-430)

A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words. -- Unknown

Most men pursue pleasure with such breathless haste they hurry past it.
- Soren Kierkegaard, philosopher (1813-1855)

A painting is never finished - it simply stops in interesting places. - Paul Gardner, painter

To see a world in a grain of sand, / And a heaven in a wild flower, / Hold infinity in the palm of your hand, / And eternity in an hour.
- William Blake, poet, engraver, and painter (1757-1827)

Those who wish to sing always find a song. - Swedish proverb

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- John Muir, naturalist, explorer, and writer (1838-1914)

Each has his past shut in him like the leaves of a book known to him by heart and his friends can only read the title.

- Virginia Woolf, writer (1882-1941)

Simply give others a bit of yourself:
a thoughtful act,
a helpful idea,
a word of appreciation,
a lift over a rough spot,
a sense of understanding,
a timely suggestion.
You take something out of your mind,
garnished in kindness out of your heart,
and put it into the other person's mind and heart.
- Charles H. Burr