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Austen Hayes


the practice of trust in one small step
"All truly wise thoughts have been thought already thousands of times, but to make them truly ours we must think them over again...
Austen Hayes
6 days ago2 min read


reassurance in words and places
Middleton Place - Charleston, S.C. "Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle shall not be...
Austen Hayes
Sep 3, 20245 min read


In Small Doses
"When love is at its best, one loves so much that (s)he cannot forget." ~ Helen Hunt Jackson The right words at the right time, said by...
Austen Hayes
Jul 10, 20245 min read


The Framed Weekly two
"Be in nature, where everything is perfect..." ~ Ken Burns In the garden - a favourite place to be. Here, something reassuring about all...
Austen Hayes
Jun 10, 20242 min read


The Framed Weekly one
click photos to expand - the interior of an antique cabinet papered with magazine clippings - one vase, one wildflower - an old wooden...
Austen Hayes
Apr 15, 20241 min read


The Simple four
- click photos to expand - great grandfather's calling card, late 1800's London a run of magnificent sheep at Dover's Hill, above...
Austen Hayes
Mar 22, 20243 min read


The Simple three
click each photo to expand When a woman asked the late Desmond Tutu how it's possible to feel joy in a world so troubled, he replied......
Austen Hayes
Jan 15, 20242 min read


The Simple two
"Nothing makes me so happy as to observe nature and to paint what I see." ~ Henri Rousseau Walking through the curious twists of an old...
Austen Hayes
Dec 11, 20232 min read


The Simple
"If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer Let him step to the music he hears,...
Austen Hayes
Nov 27, 20231 min read


Everything is About Something Else
The Lamp in the House "Happiness doesn't have just one address." ~ Anonymous I run my fingers slowly across a National Geographic map...
Austen Hayes
Jul 17, 20227 min read


Everything is About Something Else - Lessons From a Pickup Truck...
"Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of human freedoms - to choose one's attitude in any given circumstances, to...
Austen Hayes
Feb 7, 20227 min read


Goodbye for now, my dearest friend...
November 1, 2021 To you, my most beloved companion, I say goodbye for a while. You walked this earth the best you could - you saw, not...
Austen Hayes
Nov 20, 20211 min read


Everything Is About Something Else
"Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere." ~ Albert Einstein ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I don't ride the train...
Austen Hayes
Sep 13, 20215 min read


Bringing to Mind - The Nature of Paths
Walking with no particular plan, I spotted this weathered little barn. How resilient it is, I thought, standing in silence, holding its...
Austen Hayes
Jul 3, 20214 min read


Imagination
"I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free." ~ Michelangelo It's the first day of January, 2021. A day for...
Austen Hayes
Jan 11, 20214 min read


Morning Sounds
"To love another person (creature), is to see the face of God." ~ Victor Hugo 4:30AM. The day begins with the familiar sounds of birds...
Austen Hayes
Sep 14, 20205 min read


Courage: When What You Care About Is Bigger Than Fear
"Believe you can and you're halfway there." ~ Theodore Roosevelt Writing the word 'courageous' makes me feel less afraid. As I hear...
Austen Hayes
Aug 17, 20204 min read


Bringing to Mind: Endings
"Someone has to die in order that the rest of us should value life more." ~ Virginia Woolf On a balmy, rainy day In early December I met...
Austen Hayes
Jul 6, 20205 min read


Bringing to Mind: Things Invisible
"The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances." ~ Aristotle In these irregular...
Austen Hayes
May 18, 20204 min read


Pictures and Passages; Growth in Solitude, Reassurance in Nature
Pictures & Passages; Growth in Solitude, Reassurance in Nature
Austen Hayes
Apr 12, 20202 min read
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