"Tension is who you think you should be. Relaxation is who you are." ~Chinese Proverb

"The great 

omission 

in American life is 

solitude; 

not loneliness, 

for this is an 

alienation 

that thrives most 

in the midst of crowds, 

but that zone of 

time 

and space, 

free from the outside 

pressures, 

which is the incubator 

of the 

 spirit." 

~Marya Mannes

Images of a beautiful summer afternoon.

Chatham,

Cape Cod, 2011

"There is no distance on this earth as far away as yesterday." ~Robert Nathan

 


















"I come into the
peace
of wild things
who do not
tax
their lives
with forethought
of grief....
For a time
I rest
in the grace
of the
world,
and am
free."

~Wendell Berry

Images taken on a windy and foggy April morning.
Chatham and Orleans, Cape Cod.
2011

"Just because everything is different doesn't mean anything has changed." ~Irene Peter

"Nothing that is
can pause or stay;
The moon will wax,
the moon will wane,
The mist and cloud
will turn to rain,
The rain to mist
and cloud again,
Tomorrow
be today."

~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

images taken around Chatham on a
breezy, gray Cape Cod day.
March 2011

"Beauty without colour seems somehow to belong to another world." ~Murasaki Shikibu

"To find the universal elements enough;
to find the air
and the water
exhilarating;
to be refreshed by a morning walk
or an evening saunter...
to be thrilled by the stars at night;
to be elated over a bird's nest
or a wildflower in spring -
these are some of the rewards
of the simple life."

~John Burroughs

images taken in a late October Chatham fog.
Chatham, Cape Cod.
2010

"You must find the place inside yourself where nothing is impossible." — Deepak Chopra

"Anyone can carry his burden,
however hard,
until nightfall.
Anyone can do his work,
however hard,
for one day.
Anyone can live sweetly,
patiently,
lovingly,
purely,
till the sun goes down.
And this is all life really means."

~Robert Louis Stevenson

images of Stage Harbor Lighthouse &
Hardings Beach at dusk.
Chatham, Cape Cod.

"My soul is in the sky." ~William Shakespeare

a dialogue with clouds

free wanderers
take me with you
on your laughing flights of fancy
liberated
winged
set me on your shoulders to share your joy

fanciful daydreamer
we are water-bearers
driven by the whims of winds half mad
crossing borders clandestine in the night
"sans papiers"
burden bearers
unthanked

let me climb upon your cumulus mountains
and marshmallow castles
to dwell in your canyons of cotton and wool

climb you cannot
though our illusions reach to the limits of the heights
our castles are mists
our canyons but breezes
our mountains are what you breathe
wipe the sleep from your eyes dreamer

but let me lie in your muslin cirrus hammocks
as the world floats by below
let me see
as you do the dreaming sea sides from above
let me watch
as you do the yawning prairies roll

yes we would if we could lift you aloft
-to see the weeping of the unconsoled
and make you spill as we do tears of empathy upon mankind
-to see the earth ravaged and robbed bereaved of her children
then in a flash of light you would awaken and thunder as we do
we the ragged vagabonds of the sky
~dogfish

images taken in Chatham
Cape Cod.

"Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul." ~Marcus Aurelius

"When the superficial wearies me, 
it wearies me so much
that I need an abyss 
in order to rest." 

~Antonio Porchia

"When snow falls, nature listens."~Antoinette van Kleeff

"Where does the white
go
when the snow
melts?"

~Author Unknown

Images taken after the first snowfall of the season.
December 20th, 2008

"I owe my solitude to other people."~Alan Watts

September has everything that I love about the fall. The amazing incandescent light, of course. Solitude. Cool, crisp days and their chilly star strewn nights. Subtle changes in the colors of the leaves as they start to turn. And life in general starts moving just a little bit slower. I think everybody could use a little more September in their lives.

September light at Stage Harbor,

Chatham, Cape Cod

"Photograph: a picture painted by the sun without instruction in art." ~Ambrose Bierce

Images taken at Stage Harbor... my favorite Chatham photo spot (just in case you couldn't tell!).

Chatham, Cape Cod.

August 2008

"The cure for anything is salt water - sweat, tears, or the sea." ~Isak Dinesen

"Nature hath appointed the twilight as a bridge to pass us out of day into night."~Thomas Fuller

"The moments
of happiness we enjoy
take us by surprise...
it's not that we seize them,
but that they
seize us."

~Ashley Montagu

Pleasant Bay at sundown.
Chatham, Cape Cod.

“The best part of beauty is that which no picture can express.” ~Francis Bacon

"All changes,
even the most longed for,
have their melancholy;
for what we leave behind us
is a part of
ourselves;
we must die to one life
before
we can enter
another."

~Anatole France

Stage Harbor at dusk.
Chatham, Cape Cod.

"Manifest plainness, Embrace simplicity, Reduce selfishness, Have few desires."~Lao-Tzu, Tao Te Ching

"In your light
I learn
how to love.
In your beauty,
how to make
poems."

~Rumi

Evening of the summer solstice.
Cotchpinicut Landing.
Chatham, MA.