November 11, 2023
dailyrespite.substack.com
Discover more from The Daily Respite
A brief moment of relief as you start the day, written by New York Times-bestselling author Clara Parkes.
Over 7,000 subscribers
Continue reading
Good morning!
It’s Saturday. And now that it’s getting dark earlier, I have even more time to stroll at dusk and pretend I’m not peeking in everyone’s windows while doing entirely that. There’s something endlessly inviting about that golden glow. It brings the comfort of home, even when it’s not your own.
“‘One never reaches home,’ she said. ‘But where paths that have an affinity for each other intersect, the whole world looks like home, for a time.’”
―Hermann Hesse, Demian
Onwards,
Clara
November 11, 2023
Nothing more evocative than that golden glow. It made me feel safe when I was newly in Vermont and afraid of being so far from other people. Seeing the warmth of the glow from other's windows on the way home from the Tunbridge Fair made me feel connected and warm, home.
Here the apple fell directly under the tree! My favorite!