Pipe Dreams - Missoula, Montana

"I doubt I'll ever retire, but if I do, I see myself as the little old Parisian lady pushing her trolley from the supermarket to her apartment. 
Everyone needs a pipe dream." 

- Catherine Martin

Beginning To Look A Lot Like - The Wilma Theatre, Missoula, Montana

"In the old days, it was not called the Holiday Season; the Christians called it 'Christmas' and went to church; the Jews called it 'Hanukkah' and went to synagogue; the atheists went to parties and drank. People passing each other on the street would say 'Merry Christmas!' or 'Happy Hanukkah!' or (to the atheists) 'Look out for the wall!' "

~Dave Barry, "Christmas Shopping: A Survivor's Guide"

Stillness - Missoula, Montana

"I like this day; 
I like that sky of steel; 
I like the sternness and stillness of the world under this frost." 

- Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre

On Vision - Missoula, Montana

"Be stubborn on vision and flexible on journey."

- Noramay Cadena

Willow Leaves 2 - Missoula, Montana

They cluster
uproariously
with green grass
defying encroaching winter fade

still-vibrant variegations
flung from
wanton willow tresses
stripped now
And waiting

-ch

Willow Leaves 1 - Missoula, Montana

Loving the lean lines of the willow leaves strewn about a lawn I cross during my lunchtime walk.

First Snowfall In Town - Missoula, Montana

"A wet autumn morning, a garbage truck clattering down the street. The first snowfall of the season, blossom sized flakes falling languidly and melting on the ground, a premature snow fall delicate as lace, rapidly melting."

-Joyce Carol Oates

Cats Is Different - Missoula, Montana

"Treat a dog right and he'll treat you right. ... 
Cats is different, 
but I never held it against them."

- Mary Ann Shaffer, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society