Katherine Owen – Page 17

Give me peace

Give me wondrous thoughts and amazing tranquility. Give me wind and winter. Give me peace. ~Katherine Owen

It’s all out there

It’s all “out there” just waiting for you to start. Seize the day as they say.

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I’m sorry I ruined your lives, and crammed eleven cookies into the VCR…

I’m sorry I ruined your lives, and crammed eleven cookies into the VCR. Love this movie! Bring on “Elf” and…
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I prefer winter and fall,

I prefer winter and fall, when you feel the bone structure of the landscape—the loneliness of it, the dead feeling…
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Shoes. You can never have enough shoes…

Dear Santa, I’ve been super good this year. Please and thank you. All copyrights reserved for original poster on Tumblr.

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"You know what they say about air and water when it comes to fire, don’t you?” she asks.
Now, I’m curious. She hasn’t spoken for the last ten minutes of the drive. “What?”
“Too much air blows out the fire. Too much water destroys it.”
I nod trying to determine what she’s really comparing us to. “The idea would be to keep the flame going, right. For years?” She nods. “Like a relationship. Like a marriage.” She cringes at the word marriage. Noted. “So you need the air—to stay constant—to fan the flames of the fire, and you know, grasshopper,” I smile at her and catch sight of the corners of her mouth turning slightly upward in response to the endearment, “a hot enough fire will burn water, so you have to be careful with the water too.”
“That I do know,” she says softly. “So that’s the truth about air and water.” She sighs deep.
“Which is?”
“It’s hard to maintain the balance to keep the fire going. You have to fan the flames without putting it out with too much water. But too little water will burn the fire right up. Too much fire. Too much destruction. We’re out of control.”
“You’re talking in circles,” I say.
“No. That’s us,” she says with certainty."— Katherine Owen

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