tiny moments (and everything in between)
• freedom• a container for thoughts, dreams, feelings, questions...everything• neat, orderly...even when the words are scattered and messy, there is form• no right or wrong...thoughts as they arise...each honored in turn• immediate gratification...look! words on the page...showing up, getting down That’s a list of what lists mean to me. Lists are a powerful way to … Continue reading A List About Lists {it’s time for Just Five Things}
words of now. (no editing) coffee. sweet. slow. early (but not too early). music. pup. shadows. sunlight. lavender. birch. new. transition. shift. question. later. (maybe) now. quiet. wonder. wondering. giving. receiving. having. taking. giving (more). loving. love. loved. (to) love. look. listen. hear. taste. feel. understand. try. endeavor. move. rest. today. then. now. tomorrow. quiver. shake. … Continue reading It Begins with Coffee
We had snow. A good bit of it. Everywhere I look, snow. Okay, not everywhere. The roads are clear, and there’s a patch of bare grass by the birch trees. But mostly, snow is everywhere. For me, this is a very good thing. The kids and I had cinnamon rolls for breakfast yesterday morning. This … Continue reading Some Very Good Things
Ten Things. Right Now. chicken in the oven eddie vedder playing…nothing man happy hour at home…chimay husband reading…kids playing xbox the pup walking around the kitchen, sniffing…hoping sizzling bacon...pre-hike eggie sandwiches for tomorrow feeling content…which is nice, given the anxious and worried feelings of late the pause between songs…now, U2…who’s gonna ride your wild … Continue reading :: Ten Things ::
Words of now. Freshly showered. Pink shirt. Brown sweater, wool. Pup. Out, in. Music (Christmas, because). Tender. Content. Wondering. Windy. Clouds. Some blue. Hungry. Quiet. Candle, not lit. Yarn. Gift. Desk. Clutter. Treasures. Ring. Circle. Questions. Confusion. Possibility. Hope. Love. More love. Waiting. Connection. Hesitant. Confident. Digging deep. Books. Poetry. Words. These words. Heart. Stretch. … Continue reading It Begins with Freshly
What I want to tell you is that some days feel like all the rest. But that’s not always the case. Some days are extra-ordinary, even now (especially now?). What I want to tell you is that I almost cancelled my recent run of Just Five Things. But I didn’t. And I’m glad. The participants were … Continue reading Two Roses…and Sun…and Singing Birds
Five Things I Love on This Friday watercolor…these hearts I painted with my daughter my daughter, my son, my husband...my three the wind which has cleared our rainy skies my desk which I finally cleaned + organized any reminder to give ourselves to love Happy Valentine’s Day! What are five things (or people) you love?? … Continue reading :: Five Things I Love ::
Ten Things. Right Now. 1. the steam curling off my chamomile tea 2. the full heart after coming in from a walk with my daughter and pup 3. the messy piles on my desk (sigh) 4. the shadows falling across the yard, the sun low in the sky 5. the sweater, so fuzzy and warm … Continue reading :: Ten Things ::
Dear Thursday, Thank you for the morning tea and a good book. Thank you for breakfast with my daughter. Thank you for the wind, which I know not everyone likes (especially when the power goes out), but which I do. Thank you for the blustery walk in said wind (I think I cleared a few cobwebs … Continue reading Dear Thursday
I read the following passage the other morning, as I was sipping my coffee, the morning light slowly rising. It struck a chord. Reading and writing one’s world is a way of claiming one’s personhood. …to name your world is to claim your world. …In a real sense, your impulse to write lyric poetry can also … Continue reading Naming (and Claiming) Your World
Michelle GD 