Acoustically Live

Going Out

I only went out for a walk

and finally concluded to stay out

till sundown,

for going out,

I found,

was really going in.

~ John Muir ~

(This is one of my favorite quotes about nature and life.)

Goldfinch: Iowa State Bird

One is Too Few

If one daffodil

is worth a thousand pleasures,

then one is too few.

~ William Wordsworth ~

Beyond a Reasonable Doubt

Early Morning

Courthouse in Manchester, Iowa

very early one morning

as the sun was just creeping in.

Water and Tears

Don't be ashamed to weep;

 'tis right to grieve.

 Tears are only water, and flowers, trees, 

and fruit cannot grow without water. 

But there must be sunlight also. 

A wounded heart will heal in time, 

and when it does, 

the memory and love of our lost ones 

is sealed inside to comfort us.

~ Brian Jacques ~

In memory of Kathlynn Sheperd of Dayton, Iowa.

Taken from Earth,

wrapped safely in God's arms.