Greening Quietness - At Kookoosint Fishing Access, Near Plains, Montana

"...Drop thy still dews of quietness,
  Till all our strivings cease;
Take from our souls the strain and stress,
And let our ordered lives confess
  Thy beauty of Thy peace...."

 -From "The Brewing of Soma" by John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-92) and also adapted to hymn "Dear Lord and Father of Mankind"

 (And you can click HERE for a bit more on Kookoosint Fishing Access in Sanders County, MT.)

Soul Food aka Hyacinth - Missoula, Montana

"If thou of fortune be bereft, 
and in thy store there be but left 
two loaves, sell one, and with the 
dole, buy hyacinths to feed thy soul."

 - by John Greenleaf Whittier

Shoemaker's Lasting Craft - Garnet Ghost Town, Montana

"...Rap, rap! upon the well-worn stone,

How falls the polished hammer! 

Rap, rap! the measured sound has grown 

A quick and merry clamor. 

Now shape the sole! how deftly curl 

The glassy vamp around it, 

And bless the while the bright-eyed girl 

Whose gentle fingers bound it!..."

- from Songs Of Labor - The Shoemakers 
by John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-1892)