Sunday
Jan102010
the moments (of the last few days)
point defiance park view of puget sound . january 10, 2010
i have been more tired than productive (and productive is something i need to be) this weekend and last week was filled with quite a few emotional highs and lows in that way life is sometimes, but tonight, i am moved to share the moments of the last few days...
soaking up every word of a homemade life: stories and recipes from my kitchen table by molly wizenberg (i will write more about it soon. it is more like a gift than a cookbook. i am simply smitten with every page and am savoring the last few chapters like the last godiva chocolate).
watching julie & julia for the first time. what a joy that movie is. signs point toward me spending more time in the kitchen soon (hopefully when my mom visits next week, we can cook together and i can push away from nausea and lean in toward the goodness of cooking for and with my family).
taking a walk along puget sound with jonny. spotting a seal. sharing a few dreams. watching a little boy with his parents, so quick to explore on legs that have probably not been walking for too many weeks.
curling up with millie on the new red sofa. she seems to be very interested in my belly these days.
feeling grateful for friends who listen (especially when tears are falling on this end of the line).
angel hair pasta. really, i simply cannot get enough. and luckily i have a husband who doesn't mind cooking it (and everything else we eat around here these days).
enjoying a (new to me) movie called possession. the title invites one to think it is much different than it is. i found it to be a beautiful movie weaving two stories, one from the past and one now. a little poetry, a lot of romance, some heartache, wonderful music. i must investigate the book i think.
letting go of needing to answer email right away. i know it can be maddening to wait for someone to reply, but just remember, sometimes that someone is taking a break from the computer or just trying to get by or growing a human or spending time with family or breathing in and out or doing the best they can. (i will write back when i can. promise.)
naps under vintage quilts, one made by my great-grandmother and others thrifted. vintage quilts invite the best naps i think.
and in this moment, i wonder how things are in your world. what things did you fill up your weekend with? how are you? what are you wishing these days?
blessings and light, liz
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this is us in the moments.
this is us in the moments.
Reader Comments (11)
Hello Liz! Well the last part of my Sunday was just filled with the delicious Clementine Pie- better than Yuki's! Hope you're feeling great! I also LOVED A Homemade Life! I was just rereading some of it this morning!
Hey Liz - I've been in a pasta mood. Made penne with sweet Italian sausage, cream and parmesan sauce yesterday and made marinara sauce and buccatini today. Friday night went to the ceremonial opening of the new 4th theater at the Grand and saw The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus (strange, intriguing, curious). Went to the native American festival at the Art Museum Saturday afternoon. Spent a lot of time reading today. . . after finishing a book on Celtic shamanism, I started Liz Gilbert's new book Committed. So I guess a busy weekend, though it seems pretty low key since I'm still bummed from having to put my old kitty to her eternal sleep.
This weekend has been a long to-do list, but there was also time for glue and paper and chatting with friends -- it's all good.
filled with the joys and wonders of a new teaching position at a local college. and it is funny - pasta has been my comfort food this week a few times...ummmm.
and listening to the rain on the roof and snuggling with my wonderful man and wondering how it is that I am so very blessed...donna
spent part of the weekend with my daughter, who is also "growing a human" :)...only her craving is chicken salad.
i agree about the vintage quilts....
and the wishes? lots of them running rampant through my brain, but for today...being able to put things is the proper perspective.
Oye mi!!! A GIRL?!??! :) I'm so excited for you!!!
Wishing...wishing...wishing...to feel easy in the hours of the day. There seem to be only so many. :)
ox
Spent the weekend in the studio making one piece of art I like and one that was as disorganized and dizzy as I am this winter. And last night I woke up after a vivid dream thinking of you. I turn to soup when I think of you; holding your new baby near your heart, both of you swimming in a new world of surprise and wonder.
I've listened over and over....the beautiful voice coming through the speakers. I know the song so well. It wells up inside me and spills over the edge each time. I caught myself swaying here, just now when listening to you again....left, center, right, center. yes. Thank you paul. And thank YOU, dear one.
oxox
hello sweetheart,
i send you love, but you know that. : )
my weekend was slow, i love that... and then noisy and then slow again.
i read pages of neruda. i wish you were here for that part of my weekend.
xo
I am loving A Handmade Life also. (I made the banana bread with chocolate chips and crystallized ginger. I generally do not like banana bread with chocolate, but it was very very yummy.)
Possession! I keep forgetting to watch that. It's one of those movies that when I hear about it, I remember .. but then I quickly forget again.
Lots of little moments of joy in this post.
Finding my way through the blogs I love to visit...like touching old friends. I like your new place and this post sent me into a reverie...