november 21

toadstools in aunt honey's yard . november, 2009

five (really) good things on this quiet day:

1) my husband who made all three meals today and did laundry. yes. he is the best.

2) having time to just breathe

3) watching movies while cuddled on the couch

4) comfortable clothes that force me out of pajamas

5) more than 24 hours of no (intense) nausea

and you? what are a few really good things in your world? i would love to know.

five (really) good things . on november 13

 

1. apples. just can't get enough of these lately.

2. jonny coming home early the last couple of days, including today. (thank you)

3. blue sky (even though it feels like winter outside).

4. a quiet weekend to come.

5. giving myself permission to let go of the guilt of being so behind on email, on reopening my etsy shop, and on the list goes. just breathing in and out. doing the best i can. 

and you.

what are your five really good things?

i dare you to list them.

right now.

five (really) good things . on this day

1. a waffle + french fries for lunch.

2. spending the afternoon painting with kelly rae. i. love. painting. thank you my friend for reminding me of how much i do love to play in this medium.

3. because the mountain is playing their music library a-z i was able to sing my heart out to jack and diane today. that made this indiana girl all kinds of happy. (not to mention that today is the first day in weeks that my singing voice has been more song and less warble.)

4. watching the shades of blue sky change while driving home this evening. the horizon dotted with thousands of stretching upward evergreens as light blue changed to indigo changed to midnight and all the shades in between. i love living here.

5. feeling the rhythm of millie's breathing as she sleeps against me here on the couch. she is such a dear companion.

*****

and you...

what are your five really good things?
name them.
i dare you.

five (really) good things {the connection edition}

 

vanilla latte . la panier, seattle. september 2009

saying yes when a friend says, "can we meet at that french bakery by the market again?" and then saying yes to a chocolate croissant + coffee for lunch and then finding your way to staying in the same spot because the conversation is so good that you find yourself saying yes to another croissant and staying longer still. (thank you.)

talking it out with the people who get you. whatever "it" might be on any given day...finding your way to a deeper understanding of them, of you, of your friendship, of where each of you are in this world. of finding your way through truth and love. yes. i am blessed.

making a date to listen to prairie home companion. even though jon and i each have piles of things to do today, this is something we can do while working and staying connected in the same space, listening and enjoying together.

listening to the sewing machine whirl as i create something just for me. hearing the whispers of the women who came before me who brought me to this place, to this moment on my path. nodding as i remember the gifts. yes. knowing something good this way comes.

correspondere: the new collaboration between my dear friend jen goff and me. so often on the phone we have lamented that we wish we lived closer to one another. we thought that a collaborative project might be another way to stay connected, and through the conversation, the idea of collaborative blog came up. and we wound our way to the idea of writing letters...and we are inviting you to come along... and you?

what are five really good things in your world?

i dare you to name them.

(right now.)

five (really) good things. on a friday evening.

a soft place to land . olympic national forest (april 2009)

one :: creating my very first video+music+photographs+poetry {i}movie. i anticipate many more in my future. (though, i sure do hope i can figure out how to load them to youtube a bit faster...is this just how it works? takes hours?)

two :: week two of our new organic fruit+veggies local delivery. the strawberries look perfect and will be eaten in the morning. and it has been cool here, so imagine soup might be to come as well. oh and kale chips. yep. gonna try those.

three :: a little bookish necklace (link to come) that arrived today that had me smiling and dancing around the kitchen as i opened the package that contained this gift. (it is a sign of good things to come i think.)

four :: soul aperture . christina's blog is beautiful. loving the ways she looks at the world and reminds herself and her readers to pause for the little things. (start here, then here, and oh this one too)

five :: feeling very excited that registration for the february 2010 be present retreat begins monday (june 22). more information about the workshops will be up then too (though if you check sunday, you might get a sneak peek as i am loading it).

what are five really good things in your world?

please share.

dare you.

*****

five (really) good things is a series of posts that began on this day, and then continued on a day when i simply needed to find five good things in my world. now, i post them to remind myself that i can always find five things, no matter the day. read more posts from this series here.