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August Lingers

August is the slow, gentle month that stretches out the longest across the span of a year. It yawns and lingers on with the light in its palms.

Victoria Erickson
August Lingers

There’s a shift that happens in August. It’s nearly imperceptible at first, but then all of a sudden I can tell. The days are noticeably shorter. The light is different.

Summer is winding down.

Rather than feel melancholy about this, I have learned to appreciate the gifts of August. I have come to think of it as an in-between time, a kind of liminal space if you will. A month that lingers somewhere between what was and what is yet to come.

As August lingers, rather than immediately move on to the next thing, I am trying to be present to all of her slow, gentle magic.

Love, Kelly

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  1. Beverly says

    August 31, 2022 at 11:21 am

    Hi Kelly – it’s been a long while since I visited IG and when I searched your name, reading your last post, well, here I am. Hoping this comment will post. So happy to still see your photography and your world! Blessings to you and your sweet family.

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    • kelly says

      September 1, 2022 at 10:19 am

      Hi Beverly! Thank you so much for stopping by my blog with such kind words. Blessings to you and yours as well. xo

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