October

"The sweet calm sunshine of October, now
    Warms the low spot; upon its grassy mold
The purple oak-leaf falls; the birchen bough
    drops its bright spoil like arrow-heads of gold."

 --William Cullen Bryant

Love

"The soul is made of love and must ever strive
to return to love. Therefore, it can never find
rest nor happiness in other things. It must lose
itself in love. By its very nature it must seek
God, who is love."
--Saint Mechthild of Magdenburg.

Light

When Jesus comes near, the shadows depart.

--Inscription found on a Scottish castle, author unknown,

Nearest to the soul

It is by loving and by being loved that one can come
nearest to the soul of another.
--George McDonald.

Faith and hope

Faith has to do with things that are not seen and hope with things that are not at hand.

--Saint Thomas Aquinas 

Autumn

I saw old autumn in the misty morn
Stand shadowless like silence, listening
To silence.
-- Thomas Hood

The Taming of the Shrew

To see more pictures of my daughter as "the Shrew", click here.