A new quarter… a new currently list. I love these post to look back on and see what I was doing 3 months ago but I hope you find something interesting or something inspiring in them too!
Soaking In —
Rainer Maria Rilke… I am so in love with him. I have been reading (again) through two of his books – Letters to a Young Poet and Rilke’s Book of Hours. The pages are becoming more dog-eared and I have underlined so many passages in each. And yet, if I turn back to pages I had read before… I still find something new, something moving, something inspiring. Recently, two things keep jumping out at me… surrender
and live
Surrender to the day and just live it fully! That is my new morning mantra. Good direction for my day and so I will joyfully continue soaking in some Rilke wisdom and see what else he has to show me!
Savoring —
The final episodes of Endeavor. It has been such a great series and I am sad to see it end, but I will be savoring each episode… and then I think I will queue up some vintage Inspector Morse to complete the circle. In the things I did not know category… I had no idea that John Thaw’s daughter had a part in the Endeavor series. She played the delightful Dorothea Frazil. I shall miss them all terribly! And if you have finished them… no clues please. Ha!
Appreciating —
While I am very much wishing that former me had spent more time thinking about what I would do with my Year of Stitching. And while I very much like each month, I have been stymied about the “final product” for them. I have toyed with a multitude of ideas on how to display them but they are each so big… I don’t have the wall-space to hang them! And so the conundrum of what to do with them continued….until I got some incredible inspiration from a much wiser maker about putting them together in a book. And that inspiration has me very excited. I have begun the process of pulling out fabrics to begin my “page” construction. I think there will be a bit more stitching as I pull each month together. I have some foolish idea that this won’t take all that long once I get everything cut… but my wiser inner voice is telling me that this won’t be a July Finish, but if I stay focused it will be the thing that gets me through the Heat of Summer!
And there you have my current situation. Of course, there are many other things going on… but these things are things I want to remember when I look back on my year. I will see you all back here Wednesday!
And a lovely situation it is! I’m a bit ashamed to admit that I have always thought of Rilke as a woman. Maybe that’s because the poems seem so expressive? But TIL, and I thank you! I also thank you for reminding me about Endeavour. I’ve been desperate to find something to watch but I dropped the ball on Endeavour about Season 4, so I will go back, pick it up, and look forward to finishing. Your stitching book will be lovely and a wonderful way to gather them together. I look forward to seeing it come together!
Love that first quote in particular from Rilke. And the idea for your stitching book is fabulous. I think Juliann did a stitching book earlier? Finally, Endeavour. There are only 3 episodes in this last season and we have watched them all. So sad to see this series end. I had no idea that John Thaw’s daughter was in Endeavour!
no spoilers but Endeavor had the perfect ending 🙂 Loved it immensely.
Oh, that book is just stunning, isn’t it?? I can’t wait to see how yours comes togteher!
A book of stitching — genius!
I loved Endeavour — truly one of my favorite series of all time. And I thought it ended beautifully. I think all the seasons may be available on Passport, so I very well may go back and watch them all. (A little bit of trivia for you: Did you know that “frazil” is a type of ice? So they gave Abigail Thaw’s character the last name of, essentially, ice. Get it?)
Had to go back to your Year if Stitching because I’d not found you then. Oh my the pieces are all so good, definitely deserve to be in a book. I won’t spoil Endeavour for you, just to say earlier issues are solved. I have gone back to the start to pull everything together, then I’ll move onto the Morse series again. Just to not that she is John’s daughter from his First marriage not from his marriage to Sheila Hancock.
I love the idea of surrendering to the day and living it fully. That was my whole goal last year when “surrender’ was my one little word! And I really love how much poetry you fit into your day – #lifegoals!
That book of stitches is gorgeous and brilliant. What a great idea!
Okay. THAT STITCH BOOK!!!! I can’t wait to see yours come together! It’s going to be a Stunner. XO And Endeavour is a perfect series, and I wish it would go on forever.
While your second set of Rilke lines is very familiar to me, the first one is not–and, oy, the timing! Thank you, Kat + Rilke.
And I’m very excited for you to see your year of stitching come together in such a fun, satisfying way. That inspiration link you sent–well, inspiring FOR SURE! Enjoy the process.