“Beauty is not caused. It is.” -Emily Dickinson

Lately, as I write, and rewrite, and rework my novel, I have thought much about beauty– in stories, in relationships, in the way things look and feel, and the way words sound when read. But beauty and achieving it is not something easily done. Anyone with a blank canvas and a handful of brushes knows that beautiful art is not easily created. Anyone with a keyboard and a blank screen knows that excellent writing cannot quickly be hammered out. But somehow, beauty is …
Often, I turn to photographs for inspiration. I thought I would share a few with you, flowers I photographed in our former gardens.
Beauty is …