"In these times you have to be an optimist to open your eyes when you awake in the morning." ~Carl Sandburg

Life
is the fire
that burns
and the sun
that gives light.
Life
is the wind
and the rain
and the thunder
in the sky.
Life
is matter
and is earth,
what is and
what is not,
and what beyond
is in
Eternity.

~Seneca

Taking a break from the Cape.
images taken on a road trip
to Boston.
December 2010

"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

"Each moment is a place you've never been." ~Mark Strand

"Anywhere is paradise; it's up to you."
~Author Unknown

Images taken at Rock Harbor, Orleans.

"From within or from behind, a light shines through us upon things, and makes us aware that we are nothing, but the light is all."~Ralph Waldo Emerson

No, it isn't snowing in the summer, although I must admit that I'm already looking forward to it. Well, maybe not necessarily the snow or even the freezing cold temperatures for that matter (not quite yet anyways). What I'm anticipating the most is for that brilliant, golden autumn and winter light that Cape Cod is so famous for. That specific shade of shimmery yellow that falls so gracefully upon everything in its path, bathing it all in it's stunning beauty (that's me trying to sound poetic).

If you've ever experienced those moments just as the sun slowly sinks beneath the horizon in the fall or wintertime, you know exactly what I'm talking about. It's a spiritual experience. It penetrates your soul. If you haven't, you have no idea what you've been missing.

"Light is, perhaps, the most wonderful of all visible things."
~Leigh Hunt