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Three Winter Paintings of Burnham that I hope to eventually offer for sale. #painting #paintings #oil #oilpaintings #oilpainting #winter #winterpainting #snow #snowstorm #snowing #blizzard #heavysnow #heavysnows #wallpaper #interior #interiors #interiordecorating #christmas #holiday #holidays #wintersolstice #solstice #fineart #artforsale #stretchedcanvas #livingroom #parlor #sittingroom
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Embracing the In-Between: The Power of Seasonal Pauses
There are moments each year when the world seems to hold its breath. Not quite the season we’re leaving, not yet the one we’re entering. A soft in‑between. A hinge. A threshold. A pause.
This pause is subtle. It’s the way the light shifts — not dramatically, but with a quiet insistence that something is changing. It’s the way the air feels different on the skin, carrying a new texture, a new temperature, a new intention. It’s the way the body senses a turning before the mind has language for it. In these in‑between days, nature loosens her grip.
The trees stop striving upward and begin listening downward. The soil exhales. The wind rearranges itself. Even the birds seem to linger a little longer on the branch, as if deciding which direction to take next.
We, too, are invited into this pause.
The pause between seasons is a reminder that transitions aren’t meant to be rushed. They are meant to be felt. This is the space where we gather ourselves — the pieces we’ve scattered, the lessons we’ve lived, the parts of us that grew quietly while we weren’t paying attention.
It’s a moment to ask gentle questions: What am I carrying that no longer fits the season ahead? What wants to be softened? What wants to be tended? What wants to be released?
Photo by Lucas Pezeta on Pexels.comIn this sacred pause, the body becomes a listening place. The nervous system loosens. The breath deepens. The mind stops reaching for answers and instead leans into awareness. We remember that change doesn’t happen in the moment of arrival — it happens in the space just before.
This is the wisdom of the in‑between: life is not a series of clean beginnings and endings. It is a continuous unfolding, a slow turning, a rhythm that asks us to trust the spaces where nothing seems to be happening.
But something is happening.
Integration.
Reorientation.
Recalibration.
A quiet gathering of strength for whatever comes next.When we honor the pause between seasons, we honor our own becoming. We step into the next chapter not by force, but by attunement — aligned with the deeper pace of the world around us.
Allow yourself time today to pause and listen. Listen to the pause in the breath between the inhale and the exhale. Listen to your body as it whispers what it needs. Listen to the earth beneath you- steady, patient, unhurried, let the small moment of stillness be a reminder that you don’t have to rush your way into the next season of your life. You can arrive slowly with presence, with softness, and with trust in the quiet wisdom that’s already guiding you.
Try a one-minute grounding pause to help you soften, settle, and come back to yourself with gentle cues to release your shoulders. Feel your weight supported and find one steady point in your body. This quick reset helps you remember that you are here and you are safe. You can begin again at any time.
https://open.spotify.com/episode/0HUwHKkhD0LeO2c78Dfvq8?si=DqRSKHK-SMifM_DNi1t9iQ
#innerPeace #innerStillness #intentionalLiving #meditation #mindfulness #pause #personalGrowth #quietMoments #reflectiveWriting #seasonalShift #selfCare #slowingDown #softLiving #softening #spirituality #summerSolstice #winterSolstice -
The Austral Winter #Solstice is a few days away. Where I live, weather has been very like that which we have around the Austral Spring #equinox.
#WinterSolstice #AustralWinterSolstice #SpringSolstice #AustralSpringEquinox #Solstice #Equinox
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I've always loved nature, and enjoyed walking the many parks in and around State College while I was in school. Here's a winter hike with friend, Parri, in 1973. #nature #naturalbeauty #beautyofnature #beautiesofnature #hiking #walking #strolling #outdoors #outofdoors #snow #snowy #winter #wintersolstice #solstice #winterseason #seasons #baretrees #park #parks #statecollege #highereducation #pennstate #machoentitlement #maleprivilege #masculinesuperiority #patriarch #patriarchy
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Enjoying a winter hike near Penn State with college friend, Parri. 1973. #hiking #hike #hiker #hikers #walking #walks #trail #trails #winter #wintersolstice #friend #friends #friendship #college #collegedays #pennstate #maleprivilege #machoentitlement #straightmaleprivilege #bigotry #blm #blacklivesmatter #civilrights #equalrights #equality #vintage #twentiethcentury #1970s #1970sfashion #1970sfashions #woods #woodland #woodlands #forest #forests
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Lifelong friend Deb with my first two dogs, Iris and Winslow. Pennwood, Mifflintown. 1982. #dog #dogs #doglover #doglovers #dogphotographer #dogphotography #dogphotographers #friends #friendsship #oldfriend #oldfriends #pennwood #mifflintown #1980s #olddays #twentiethcentury #christmas #wintersolstice #solstice #yule #stluciaday #boxingday #hanakkuh #homemaking #homedecor #1970sfashion #1970sdecor #interiordecoration #interiordecorating #interiordecorator
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#WinterSolstice offerings for Dad & ancestors 🙏❤️ We have a simple home altar in our living room. We have ceremonial incense stations in our kitchen & both the front & back porches too.
We have no photographs of my matriarch Grandparents nor my patriarch Grandpa - or else they'd be on the wall too.#AsianMastodon #Honouring #PrayersUp #BlessingsForAncestors #pomelo #longan #persimmons #oranges #Fruits #tangyuan #tea #CeremonialFood #AncestorsRespect #PrayersUp #Cultural
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Follow what touches your heart.
#reading #wintersolstice #nature #photography #voiceofheart #innervoice #leaves #heart #poetry
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May you all shine your light on this the darkest of days. Wishing you all a happy and peaceful #WinterSolstice. Photo: Buddha at Muang On Caves, Thailand by Sheer Zed.
https://books.innertraditions.com/thai-tattoo-magick/
#buddhism #cave #meditation #meditationpractice #spirituality
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Anybody going to the Winter Solstice bonfire at Fruitlands and have space in your car? (it's sold out)
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The garden is still glowing on this Winter Solstice! 💚🧡🌶️
I hope you're all able to find some light today. 🕯️
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Daily #Hashtags for June
Jun 01
#GlobalDayOfParents #WorldMilkDayJun 02
#InternationalSexWorkersDayJun 03
#MaboDay (Aus) #WorldBicycleDayJun 04
#InternationalDayOfInnocentChildrenVictimsOfAggressionJun 05
#WorldEnvironmentDayJun 06
#NationalGardeningExerciseDayJun 07
#WorldFoodSafetyDayJun 08
#NationalBestFriendDay #WorldBrainTumourDay #WorldOceansDayJun 09
#DonaldDuckDayJun 10
#DollDayJun 11
#NationalChildrensDayJun 12
#RedRoseDay #WorldDayAgainstChildLabourJun 13
#PigeonAppreciationDayJun 14
#WorldBloodDonorDayJun 15
#WorldElderAbuseAwarenessDay #WorldFathersDay #WorldWindDayJun 16
#InternationalWaterfallDayJun 17
#WorldDayToCombatDesertificationAndDroughtJun 18
#AutisticPrideDay #InternationalPanicDay #InternationalPicnicDayJun 19
#WorldSaunteringDay #WorldSickleCellAwarenessDayJun 20
#WorldRefugeeDayJun 21
#InternationalYogaDay #SummerSolstice / #WinterSolstice #WorldHydrographyDay #WorldMusicDayJun 22
#WorldRainforestDayJun 23
#InternationalOlympicDay #InternationalWidowsDay #UnitedNationsPublicServiceDayJun 24
#InternationalFairyDayJun 25
#LogCabinDayJun 26
#InternationalDayAgainstDrugAbuseAndIllicitTraffickingJun 27
#InternationalDayInSupportOfVictimsOfTortureJun 28
#InternationalBodyPiercingDayJun 29
#InternationalDayOfTheTropics #InternationalMudDay #NationalStatisticsDayJun 30
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Short little #SnowDay walk ❄🥶🌡☃️😊❄ I have to change #WinterSolstice plans. I won't be able to get to up island cabin by tomorrow.
#snowmageddon2022 #Wsanec #Saanich #Winter #Snowstorm #SnowDay #SnowWalk #VictoriaBC #yyj #vanisle #VancouverIsland #PNW #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #BritishColumbia #Canada #weather #ArcticFront #SoupWeather #Snow #Ice #December #Peaceful
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3 Good Things, Monday!
1. My art open house (drop in by appointment) is going well! Have sold a few pieces so far (all Reiki-infused and inspired), and more appointments scheduled prior to December 24th. In the photo I've attached, you'll see one of my paintings in the background behind all the text of the book cover for my new novel (see number 2 below). :-)
2. I am on track for publishing my second novel (Otter Coast, a medical marijuana mystery!) on the Winter Solstice. A funny day perhaps in light of the timing with holiday sales (it is not in time for people to order paper copies for Christmas and have them arrive, but e-books will be in time); it feels right, so I'm going for it. Also, as you'll see from the photo of the book cover design in progress, we have lots of Lorem Ipsum text to be replaced. I love Lorem Ipsum text, makes me feel like clean dishes, clean sheets, new opportunities. :-)
3. I'm getting closer to solving some work-related architecture and engineering design challenges which are always intriguing to me. Although I can't talk about work-work, I can say that in novel number 1 (The Erenwine Agenda---a love story that centers on fracking---which I am ALSO reissuing on the Solstice, in my given name, Maia Chowdhury) and in novel number 2, there is lots of workplace drama of the highest caliber! 🙂
Now, back to said Day Job. 🙂
#Architect #ArtForSale #CreativeWriting #DayJob #Desi #EcoFiction #Fracking #HolidaySale #HydraulicFracturing #IndieAuthor #IndiePublisher #IndependentPublisher #LoremIpsum #MixedDesi #MedicalMarijuana #Mystery #Publishing #Reiki #SmallPress #Solstice #VisionaryEcoFiction #VisionaryFiction #WinterSolstice #WomenInArchitecture #WomenInSTEAM #WomenInSTEM #Writer #Writing