May Day 2023

 

May the flowers of May bring you peace and joy.

Spring Equinox 2023

May we rest in the calm of the equinox.

 

Valentine's Day Greeting

 

Line from the closing stanza of the poem "A Day" by John Greenleaf Whittier. Lettering with Blue Pumpkin nib and Calligraphica Crystals.

First Day of Celtic Spring

Today is the first day of spring in the Celtic calendar. It is the midpoint between the winter solstice and the vernal equinox. If you think about the length of the days and the light rather than the temperature (not so much of an issue this year as it has been so mild), I find that it makes sense. 

New Year Greetings 2023

 

May 2023 be a year of letting it go,  of moving through the days with kindness and compassion and finding a calm center in this spinning world.

Brush stroke on Khadi paper from India Lettering with Speedball C-4 nib

Solstice Greetings

 It is the time of the winter solstice, a vulnerable point in the year, a time of extremes—the shortest day, the longest night. I feel a weight, a heaviness along with the festivity. The season itself asks me to make it a vulnerable point in my year, to open my heart, and in doing so, feel the darkness as well as the light, sorrow as well as joy. The significance seems to be not that it is a celebration of light but that it is a celebration of light in the darkness. I open my heart to the light in the darkness.

SKG

Gratitude at Thanksgiving

 

Written in the sand with a stick at Plum Island Wildlife Refuge (Parking Lot 7)

as the day drew to a close and the tide went out