In my backyard | 3.18.24
Today is a day for celebration! It is the last full day of winter!! And yet...I have savored these 13 weeks slowly and thoughtfully as I read one essay a week with Margaret Renkl. It was the most aware winter of my life and I am celebrating every moment of winter as...
Hello, September | 9.5.23
September is the other January. — Gretchen Rubin This quote resonated with me as I turned the calendar to a new month. I am very much loving the idea of beginning again... with so many things. I spent the summer pared back, minimal, letting go of so many things... and...
Unraveled Wednesday | 8.30.23
Greetings Unravelers! We have arrived at the last Wednesday in August! No lies here... I am more than a little excited for September and my week of knitting reflects that. I finished my Pressed Flower Socks and I love them! Kym asked last week about sock thickness......
The Habit of Authenticity | August 2023
Progress requires unlearning. Becoming the best version of yourself requires you to continuously edit your beliefs, and to upgrade and expand your identity. — Jame Clear August has always been my least favorite month of the year. The heat. The humidity. The end of...
In my backyard | 8.25.23
Learning to be still, to really be still and let life happen – that stillness becomes a radiance. — Morgan Freeman In August I savored the stillness... the bird song has slowed. Gone is the territorial songs marking nesting territories so it seems that the birds, as...
Unraveled Wednesday | 8.23.23
Greetings dear Unravelers and Happy Wednesday! Here we are closing in on the end of August and I am very much ready for the humidity and mosquitos to depart! Those two things...my most disliked parts of summer. Those pesky mosquitos have been making morning porch...
A Gathering of Poetry | 8.17.23
I have been thinking about what poem I would share with you all this month for a couple of weeks... going back and forth between several poems that seemed just so perfect for August. This morning I decided that Late Summer by Jennifer Grotz was the winner (but really...
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