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Bad Morning

Bad Morning Here I sit With my shoes mismated. Lawdy-mercy! I’s frustrated! ~Langston Hughes

Strawberry thief by William Morris. 1883, furnishing fabric. Image from the Victoria and Albert Museum

A Garden By the Sea

A Garden by the Sea I know a little garden-close, Set thick with lily and red rose, Where I would wander if …

Bird perched on the branch of a blossoming tree. Unknown artist. Japan, 18th century.

The Blossom

The Blossom Merry Merry Sparrow Under leaves so green A happy Blossom Sees you swift as arrow Seek your cradle narrow Near …

The Light of the World by Cameron Siguenza

A Sea Spell

A Sea Spell Her lute hangs shadowed in the apple-tree, While flashing fingers weave the sweet-strung spell Between its chords; and as …

Claude Monet, Olive Tree (a study)

Arbolé, Arbolé

Arbolé, arbolé, seco y verdí. La niña del bello rostro está cogiendo aceituna. El viento, galán de torres, la prende por la …

A Woman Seated beside a Vase of Flowers by Edgar Degas. Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Smelling the Roses

Work. Glorious work. I love and need to work. Without work I became unhinged, lost, depressed. Though parenting and running a household …