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Date Posted: Mon, September 26 2022, 4:41:45
Author: Janet
Subject: QOTD for Monday, September 26, 2022

The following quote is from Written in My Own Heart's Blood, Chapter 132, Will-O'-The Wisp by Diana Gabaldon, Copywrite 2014, all rights reserved.

I love how Diana can paint a beautiful picture with her words so so that you think you are there, then coat it with suspense.

Beyond the laundresses, the ground was choppy, the boggy spots interspersed with the higher bits of ground, these crowned with stunted trees and low bushes---and quite obviously providing a footing, so to speak, for the whores to ply their own trade.

He gave these a somewhat wider berth and consequently found himself squelching through something that was not quite a bog, but not far off, either. It was remarkably beautiful, though, in a chiaroscuro sort of way; the fading light somehow made each barren twig stand out in stark contrast to the air, the swollen buds still sleeping but rounded, balanced on the edge between winter's death and the life of spring. He wished for a moment that he could draw, or paint, or write poetry, but as it was, he could only pause for a few seconds to admire it.

As he did so, though, he felt a permanence form in his heart, a quiet sense that even though he had only these few seconds, he would have them forever, could come back to this place, this time, in his mind.

He was right, though not entirely for the reasons he supposed.

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[> Those brief moments of unexpected grace ... -- kgp, Mon, September 26 2022, 14:41:37


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[> Janet, I really, really agree with you about how Diana can paint emotions and experiences with words. And name things like “unexpected moments of grace.” I recognize and appreciate them now. -- Kathy in PA, Tue, September 27 2022, 12:22:55


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[> [> Kathy in PA, I do as well. -- DianaH, Wed, September 28 2022, 7:52:40


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