Spending some time out of town, caring for my Mom after surgery, I am getting out for walks as often as I can. There is a park nearby and I am seeing some pretty sights. My hometown is 1 degree south and 1.5 degree west of where I live now. That seems so small a difference, yet the plant life seems much more accelerated. The temperature is usually never more than 4 degrees or so warmer and sometimes runs the…
personal sabbath
March 3, 2016In today’s entry from the book Simple Abundance, Sarah Ban Breathnach speaks to us of creating a Personal Sabbath. She describes this as a time for “reverence, rest, renewal, rejuvenation, reassuring, rituals, recreation, rejoicing, revelation, remembering how much you have to be grateful for, and saying Thank You!” Just four little days ago, it was warm and spring was showing her sunny side. Today, snow is falling gently, the kind of snow made of gigantic flakes slowly descending from the sky.…
leaving it be
March 2, 2016Looking for signs of spring and new garden life, I came across these pieces of broken sculpture. There must be a story here… how did they come to be here and how did they end up broken? Maybe a strong wind storm knocked the little cherub over, or maybe it was an unfortunate handling mishap. Resisting the urge to mentally engineer a repair, I am finding the pieces appealing just as they are.…
sacred spaces
February 28, 2016Although the trees still look bleak, it was a gorgeous day to take a walk through the woods. It’s not yet spring, but Mother Nature is giving us a tease, as the temperature was 70F today and the sun was shining down. The wind has been howling and I can hear it now, as the windows are wide open in the studio. I’ve been rereading Simple Abundance by Sarah Ban Breathnach since the beginning of the year. Such a great book…
