Winter Musings

‘In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.‘  ~ Albert Camus.

“If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?’ ~ by Percy Bysshe Shelley
(This is a lovely quote but I have to answer ‘yes.’  Looks like a long winter this year.)

‘Like the seeds dreaming beneath the snow your heart dreams of spring.’ ~ Kahlil Gibran


‘There’s a certain slant of light,
On winter afternoons,
That oppresses, like the weight
Of Cathedral tunes.’ ~ Emily Dickinson

‘Announced by all the trumpets of the sky, Arrives the snow, and, driving o’er the fields, Seems nowhere to alight: the whited air Hides hills and woods, the river, and the heaven, And veils the farmhouse at the garden’s end. The sled and traveller stopped, the courier’s feet Delayed, all friends shut out, the housemates sit Around the radiant fireplace, enclosed In a tumultuous privacy of storm.’~ Ralph Waldo Emerson




“Brew me a cup for a winter’s night.  For the wind howls loud and the furies fight; Spice it with love and stir it with care,And I’ll toast our bright eyes, my sweetheart fair.” ~ Minna Thomas Antrim

‘There is no trouble so great or grave that cannot be much diminished by a nice cup of tea.’  ~Bernard-Paul Heroux

‘You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.’  ~C.S. Lewis

‘It snowed and snowed, the whole world over, Snow swept the world from end to end. A candle burned on the table; A candle burned.’ ~ Boris Pasternak


“January is the quietest month in the garden…But just because it looks quiet doesn’t mean that nothing is happening.  The soil, open to the sky, absorbs the pure rainfall while microorganisms convert tilled-under fodder into usable nutrients for the next crop of plants.  The feasting earthworms tunnel along, aerating the soil and preparing it to welcome the seeds and bare roots to come.” ~  Rosalie Muller Wrigh

“It’s snowing still,” said Eeyore gloomily.

“So it is.”
“And freezing.”
“Is it?”
“Yes,” said Eeyore. “However,” he said, brightening up a little, “we haven’t had an earthquake lately.”
~ Eeyore

The more it goes (Tiddely pom),
The more it goes (Tiddely pom),
On snowing. And nobody knows (Tiddely pom),
How cold my toes (Tiddely pom),
How cold my toes (Tiddely pom),
Are growing.

Winnie the Pooh
The House at Pooh Corner