planning, listening, and doing some laundry

{planning}
i was looking through some photos on my computer and came across this one of fall in point defiance park and thought it looked like the perfect spot for a picnic. want to join me? wouldn't a big blogger picnic, like a family reunion but without the baggage, be wonderful?!

my mouth has been watering as i read each of the recipes and recommendations you all have been sharing here. i hope you will continue to add other recipes or tips as you think of them. and, i will be sure to report on how things go in the kitchen. i can't wait.

{listening}

the almost like a two-hour lullaby to the self when singing along with these folks playlist

Play Me sung by Neil Diamond
Painting By Chagall sung by The Weepies
Few Days Down sung by Mandy Moore
That's Me sung by Paul Simon
Walking In Memphis sung by Marc Cohn
Magic sung by Bruce Springsteen
Winding Road sung by Bonnie Somerville
Stay sung by Alison Krauss
Wintersong sung by Sarah McLachlan
America sung by Simon & Garfunkel
I Just Don't Think I'll Ever Get Over You sung by Colin Hay
Saturn's Light sung by Deb Talan
Songbird sung by Fleetwood Mac
Today sung by Joshua Radin
Caravanserai sung by Loreena McKennitt
milkweed sigh sung by stephanie dosen
All Good Things sung by Mandy Moore
On a Day When the Wind Is Perfect sung by David Wilcox
Let Me Touch You for Awhile sung by Alison Krauss & Union Station
Another Galaxy sung by Paul Simon
World Spins Madly On sung by The Weepies
Breathe Me sung by Sia
The Light Is Always Green sung by The Housemartins
Closer sung by Joshua Radin
This Is Neverland by Jan A.P. Kaczmarek
Forgiven sung by Deb Talan
Virginia Woolf sung by Indigo Girls
My Traveling Star sung by James Taylor
You Decorated My Life sung by Kenny Rogers
Help Me Make It Through The Night sung by Willie Nelson
Only The Lonely sung by Martha Davis/The Motels*

{doing some laundry}

tomorrow i head to portland for the weekend. can't wait! tonight i'm quickly looking through these photos trying to decide what to pack after the laundry is all done...

*the version from the album Clean Modern and Reasonable (you can download it at iTunes for less than the amazon import price). the whole album is pretty fantastic…and I’m only slightly biased because my brother co-produced, recorded, mixed it and played drums and acoustic guitar on it.

solutions to the grumps

the post-vacation sleepy grumps got the best of me today...
jon reminded me that when i can't get out of a funk there is one fool-proof solution:
kittenwar!

he was right.

and i reminded myself that there is another solution that always works:
a little etsy therapy

and i was right too.

today's purchases, from this lovely goddess's shop, encouraged me to think about a few of the items i've packed and brought with me into 2008...i will share more when these thoughts are a bit more arranged in a less sleepy head.

i'm anticipating all that is to come with this year...

blessings to you in your corner of the world.
wish you were here to share in a cup of tea.

december views, december 27

one word.

the best thing about falling backwards when you didn't realize you were supposed to on a night when you hardly slept?
when the alarm went off with these words from the woman on npr, "today standard time begins. what are you going to do with your extra hour?"

one word. sleep.

feeling quiet

dahlias at the pike place market, 9.3.07

Life is a process of becoming, a combination of states we have to go through. Where people fail is that they wish to elect a state and remain in it. This is a kind of death.
Anaïs Nin