“All subtle, secret things—the smell of bees, twilight on water, a woman’s presence, the humming of a lime-tree in full leaf, a bracken stalk cut through to show the “eagle” in it—all speak to me as to an intimate.”

Revealing his intense responsiveness to small, half-hidden manifestations of beauty · Mearing Stones, All Subtle, Secret Things

• Beauty
• Love
• Nature

“Life is change; and to be seeing new wonders every day—the thrown sea, the silver rush of the meadow, the lights in distant towns—is to be living, and not merely existing.”

Celebrating curiosity and continual discovery as essential parts of being alive · Mearing Stones, Change

• Joy
• Nature
• Time

“The air is delightfully warm, and the fragrance of sea and bracken and ling is in our hearts.”

Transforming the scents of the landscape into an inward emotional experience · Mearing Stones, Teelin, Bunglass, and Slieve League

• Beauty
• Joy
• Nature