sencha green

Playing currently on iTunes:
Brooke Fraser - What to do with daylight
Ella Fitzgerald - single: "What is this thing called love"
Peggy Lee - single: "I didn't know what time it was"


I rewatched my all-time favourite French movie today, Dieu est grand, et moi je suis toute petite by Pascale Bailly (2001), for probably the seventh or eigth time since it was given to me this past February. It stars Audrey Tatou of La fabuleux destin d'Ameile Poulain fame, and Edouard Baer (who's absolutely gorgeous in this film!). Every minute of that film makes me long to return to the country of my daydreams and finally conquer the language that has invaded my life for so long.

I like the names of the colours of paint I saw recently...names like wasabi green, caprioska, snow pea and apple crunch...


This is my ledge
of quiet,
my shelf of peace,
edged
by its crooked rails
holding back the beyond.
Above,
a hawk sails
high
to challenge clouds
trespassing
my plot of sky.
Below
in the valley
remote and dim,
sounds
come and go,
a requiem
for quiet.
Here on my ledge,
quiet praise:
of birds,
crickets,
breeze -
in different ways;
and so do I -
for these:
my ledge of quiet,
my plot of sky;
for peace.

- Ruth Bell Graham