by Lisa Azarmi | Dec 15, 2021 | AWAKENING, BECOMING, BEGINNINGS, LANDSCAPE, LOVE
“They are embossed on every song that was a hit that summer, in every novel I read during and after his stay, on anything from the smell of rosemary on hot days to the frantic rattle of the cicadas in the afternoon…smells and sounds I’d grown up with and known...
by Lisa Azarmi | Oct 2, 2021 | ACCEPTANCE, ADVENTURE, AUTUMN, BEAUTY, BEGINNINGS, CONFIDENCE, COURAGE, FEELINGS, FREEDOM, INNER STRENGTH, INSPIRATIONAL, LANDSCAPE, LIFE PATH, MOTIVATIONAL, PERSONAL GROWTH, TREES, UNCONDITIONAL LOVE
“We should not judge people by their peak of excellence, but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started.” Henry Ward Beecher Felix Vallotton – Bridge Over the Bèal, 1922.
by Lisa Azarmi | Aug 24, 2021 | ACCEPTANCE, BEAUTY, BECOMING, BEGINNINGS, CLASSIC LITERATURE, CREATIVITY, ENDURANCE, LANDSCAPE, LOMGING
“It seems to me we can never give up longing and wishing while we are thoroughly alive. There are certain things we feel to be beautiful and good, and we must hunger after them.” George Eliot – The Mill on the Floss, 1860. Dora Carrington – The Mill at...
by Lisa Azarmi | Apr 15, 2021 | FLOWERS, GARDEN, HOPE, LANDSCAPE, NATURE
“When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.” Helen Keller Henri Le Sidaner – The Garden Door, The Console, 1924.
by Lisa Azarmi | Apr 15, 2021 | HOPE, INSPIRATIONAL, LANDSCAPE, LONELINESS, NATURE, SPIRITUALITY, WATER
“I can live alone, if self-respect, and circumstances require me so to do. I need not sell my soul to buy bliss. I have an inward treasure born with me, which can keep me alive if all extraneous delights should be withheld or offered only at a price I cannot afford to...
by Lisa Azarmi | Apr 13, 2021 | BEAUTY, LANDSCAPE, MOONLIGHT, NATURE
“If you truly love nature, you will find beauty everywhere.” Vincent Van Gogh Vincent Van Gogh – Road with Cypress and Star, 1890.
