TRANQUIL SOLITUDE...

REFUGE by Lew Sarett (1888-1954)

When stars ride in on the wings of dusk,

                                                Out of the silent plain,

After the fevered fret of day,

                                     I find my strength again.

Under the million friendly eyes

                               That smile...

in the lonely night...

            Close to the rolling prairie's heart,

Out where the cool long winds blow free,

                                                 I fling myself...

on the sod:

                       And there.....          

                                    in the tranquil solitude

 I find my soul...

                                         ...and God.

Photographs 2026

 Lew Sarett's poems are in the public domain. An American author, outdoorsman, and teacher . Check out some of his writing collections, including: "Many Many Moons 1920", "the Box of God 1922" and 

"Slow Smoke 1925"

SOLITUDE QUILT #1

"The World is too Quiet without you nearby..."

-Lemony Snicket

 It's usually very quiet around here anyways. But now it is extra quiet. Everyone home. Home is a good word these days. Just the birds making spring song.And once in a while the sound of a lawnmower...

 My first quilt top done. With bits of this and bits of that from my fabric stash.

 Stars in gold leaf....

 While outside it feels like November. Ice  and frost.Cold winds in April...

 "The house was very quiet, and the fog..we are in November now....pressed against the windows like an excluded ghost.." 
-E.M. Forster, Howard's End.

 Sari ribbon  stitched into Sawtooth Stars...

 Hail and rain and Snow billowing outside. Great Spring weather.....

 Sari strips turned into stars....

 "Quiet is here and all in me...." -Richard Matheson

 No people. Just quiet.

 And rain. 

 "Quiet is the new loud..." -Joe Robtail

 Frost on rain in the April Showers

 Boardwalks empty....

 Bring on the solitude. Bring on the creative spirit..........

 "Solitude is the house of peace..."
                         -T.F.Hodge (From Within I Rise: Spiritual Triumph.....)   
                                                  
Photographs 2020