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Deep Winter

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“It is the life of the crystal, the architect of the flake, the fire of the frost, the soul of the sunbeam. This crisp winter air is full of it.” – John Burroughs

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“Winter passes and one remembers one’s perseverance.” – Yoko Ono

“I prefer winter and fall, when you feel the bone structure of the landscape—the loneliness of it, the dead feeling of winter. Something waits beneath it, the whole story doesn’t show.” – Andrew Wyeth

“I pray this winter be gentle and kind—a season of rest from the wheel of the mind.” – John Geddes

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“Snow falling soundlessly in the middle of the night will always fill my heart with sweet clarity.” – Novala Takemoto

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“O, wind, if winter comes, can spring be far behind?” – Percy Bysshe Shelley

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Deep Winter

meditation on the season

Deep Winter

“It is the life of the crystal, the architect of the flake, the fire of the frost, the soul of the sunbeam. This crisp winter air is full of it.” – John Burroughs

“Winter passes and one remembers one’s perseverance.” – Yoko Ono

“I prefer winter and fall, when you feel the bone structure of the landscape—the loneliness of it, the dead feeling of winter. Something waits beneath it, the whole story doesn’t show.” – Andrew Wyeth

“I pray this winter be gentle and kind—a season of rest from the wheel of the mind.” – John Geddes

“Snow falling soundlessly in the middle of the night will always fill my heart with sweet clarity.” – Novala Takemoto

“O, wind, if winter comes, can spring be far behind?” – Percy Bysshe Shelley

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