hlsteed: "When they met the first time, he said he had a brown thumb because all his plants kept dying & she laughed & would not give him her number."
hlsteed: He built fences of whole boxes of toothpicks because he didn't have enough money for redwood. I know it's small, he said, but I don't want everybody just thinking they can walk right in & some day, it'll be bigger. Fences take practice for everyone.
hlsteed: Thinking the sea is good for not thinking & for some reason, this is as far as he gets...
hlsteed: I must down to the sea again, for the call of the running tide / Is a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied.
hlsteed: The sea does not reward those who are too anxious, too greedy, or too impatient. One should lie empty, open, choiceless as a beach - waiting for a gift from the sea.
hlsteed: Far out in the ocean the water is as blue as the petals of the loveliest cornflower, and as clear as the purest glass.
hlsteed: "Coffee is the common man's gold, and like gold, it brings to every person the feeling of luxury and nobility."
hlsteed: "Autumn, the year's last loveliest smile."
hlsteed: "Now its time to leave the capsule if you dare..."
hlsteed: these are multi-purpose wings & when she's not flying they accessorize nicely with almost anything she wears
hlsteed: “Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.”
hlsteed: "These are my flowers."