Writing and reading decrease our sense of isolation. They deepen and widen and expand our sense of life: they feed the soul. When writers make us shake our heads with the exactness of their prose and their truths, and even make us laugh about ourselves or life, our buoyancy is restored. We are given a shot at dancing with, or at least clapping along with, the absurdity of life, instead of being squashed by it over and over again.

~Anne Lamott

it’s ok, oh yes oh yes…..

inquiry for today~ and when the day came…..

careful to see….

We would be together

and have our books

and at night be warm in bed together

with the windows open

and the stars bright.

~Ernest Hemingway