Prospective Perspective - Missoula, Montana

“Happiness and joy are not the same thing. 

 Happiness is based on our current circumstances

   but joy is a product of our perspective.”

-Jason Tonn, on November 11, 2018

Crisp Bright Cold - Missoula, Montana

brisk bright winter air
Darjeeling toque warms with thoughts
of India days

-cjh

Orange You Glad - Missoula, Montana

Such outrageous orangey-ness 
amidst our morning meeting feast!

With US Thanksgiving on the horizon,
 timing is ripe to ponder how you might complete
 the thanks-focused phrase: 
"Orange you glad for ________________________?"

(And the above text link provides a few orangey knock-knock jokes to test how thankful your family is to gather together....)

Poured Out Autumn Palette - Missoula, Montana

“One should be a painter.

As a writer, I feel the beauty,

 which is almost entirely colour,

 very subtle, very changeable,

 running over my pen,

 as if you poured a large jug of champagne over a hairpin.”

-Virginia Woolf (1882-1941),

  from The Letters of Virginia Woolf: Volume Six, 1936-1941

Snowberries Reprise - Missoula, Montana

“Birds sing after a storm; why shoudn't people feel as free to delight in whatever sunlight remains to them?"

 - Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy (1890-1995)

Daily Dose: Joy - Missoula, Montana

“Don't postpone joy until you have learned all of your lessons. 
Joy is your lesson.” 
  - Alan Cohen

And joy is so often found in the simple, small things of life - including the perfect light of a storm-sky morning that causes snowberries to almost glow against the backdrop of Mount Jumbo.