Mockingbird Hill Cottage
at by Claudia
“To tell you the truth, I believe everything – tigers, trees, stones – are sentient in one way or another. You’d never catch me idly kicking a stone, for example.”
Mary Oliver
I feel the same way.
Happy Sunday.
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What a glorious pink! Enjoy a quiet, restful Sunday….❤️🕷🏡☕️
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Thank you, Janet!
Your flowers are looking lovely as ever. We’ve gone from 87F to 58F, a drop of almost 30 degrees in two days plus it’s rained all weekend so no sitting outside😬! I love lavender and it grows well in my garden so I treated myself to a different variety which is French Lavender. Just potted it up in the pouring rain.
Happy Sunday
I love lavender, too!
What a beautiful sentiment from Mary Oliver…I couldn’t agree more. Beautiful captures. Enjoy your day! ;)
Thank you, Donnamae!
i avoided mary oliver’s work for a long time because her words “one wild and precious life” were used at my church for a couple years every single time a young minister spoke (so, three or four sundays a month, month after month after month) and i’d see that quote on art, signs, posts on the internet …. i got tired of those words and avoided mary oliver’s work.
also, to be fair, i am not one to read poetry. ever, really, but especially after trying to take a poetry-writing class in college (i love to write) and the teacher said poems historically were lyrics to songs and so we’d have to sing our poems. i disenrolled from that class the next day.
maybe that makes me close-minded? hope not. i’m pretty open and an adventurous person. but no one needs to hear me sing. :)
anyway, since mary oliver’s passing, i’ve seen other quotes of her work (not just “wild and precious life”). along with the poem you shared, above, they are making me think about her writings and her mind and heart that created thoughtful, encouraging pieces (that she was willing to share).
thanks for what you share, too, claudia.
hope you are having a nice, restful day!
kathy in iowa
Of course, it isn’t Mary Oliver’s fault that that one phrase has been used and overused. She, in fact, was very private and rarely granted interviews. She has several slim volumes of her poetry out there – poetry that I personally think is very clear and accessible, especially for those of us who don’t read a lot of poetry. Check a book out of the library and see what you think!
oh, no; i wasn’t blaming mary oliver! i was just tired of that phrase being used over and over practically everywhere. kind of like “be-you-tiful” (to me, anyway) …
will check a book of hers out sometime.
thanks, claudia.
happy monday!
kathy in iowa
xoxo
I love her words. xo Laura
Me too!
Beautiful photos, Beautiful words. Thank you for this Sunday beauty Claudia.
You’re most welcome, Linda.
Oh dearest Mary Oliver. such deep and beautiful truths you wrote.
She was extraordinary, Tammy.
Happy Monday Claudia. I guess we are in for some rough weather in our parts, NW of Hartford. Hope things are not too rocky for you. I’m loving your flower photos, such clear focus and beautiful detail. I just finished a book recommended to me by a lovely woman who runs a reading group at our local Barnes and Noble. It’s out in paperback now. The Storied Life of A. J. Firky (I may have misspelled the last name). It’s about a man who runs the only bookstore on a small Massachusetts island. I can’t quite describe it beyond that because it blossoms into so much more. Of course it’s abut books, readers, writers, plot lines, narratives, and how they impact lives and a community. I’m recommending it, it’s under 200 pages of beautiful prose and wonderful characters. I’d have to say it’s one of my favorites I’ve read in quite some time. The author whose name I forget has written two other adult novels and some YA. There’s a lot of high quality YA writing out there. And some schlock. Anyway, if you get a chance, see if you can find this one. :-). Have a great day.
I read that book, Nora. I think it was over two years ago. Glad you enjoyed it! Hopefully, other readers of comments will give it a try, too!