Percy in the house, bug hunting, play dough, and juice boxes,
a few minutes alone to sit in the sun with a rare afternoon latte
watching the birds in the sunflowers I planted a few day back,
sourdough focaccia from Jordan that was his best yet!
all eight dahlia tubers poking up in the garden and, falling right to sleep.
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One thing is certain, and I have always known it - the joys of my life have nothing to do with age. They do not change.
Flowers, the morning and evening light, music, poetry, silence, the goldfinches darting about
- May Sarton
today …. in no particular order
dirt under my fingernails, lady bugs and, small bouquets of flowers,
an unexpected phone call and how good it felt to laugh,
the smell of cookies baking, and maybe a handful of chocolate chips,
being forced to really pay attention, digging deep, surprising myself,
the warmth of the sun, and time to sit on the deck and watch the lake,
the dahlias emerging from the ground with fingers crossed that the slugs don’t interfere,
watching the swallows swooping over the roof down into the yard.
toasted sourdough bread with last years strawberry jam.
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“The answer must be, I think, that beauty and grace are performed whether or not we will or sense them.
The least we can do is try to be there.”
― Annie Dillard, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
Things that make me feel alive :: part 2
the smell of fresh cut grass, the sound of true laughter,
gifted flowers on the dining room table, morning light,
the first iced coffee of the season, sugar snap peas,
and fresh greens, planting basil and how it smells when you
gently brush the leaves, a pot of sunflowers waiting to be planted,
fresh eggs and just baked sourdough bread
butter cups, four leaf clover, lady bugs and, snails,
slowing down, weeding life in the garden.
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“For any writer who wants to keep a journal, be alive to everything, not just to what you're feeling, but also to your pets, to flowers, to what you're reading.”
― May Sarton
things that make me feel alive :: a list
light, all kinds of light
hugs from Percy
birds calls
my walks with Percy
watching the garden wake up
a light spring rain
flowers opening
Baker’s silly routines
an unexpected good book
all the different shades of green
letting go of resentment
true friendship
being heard and understood
love, so much love
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"Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast."
— Lewis Carroll (Alice in Wonderland)
things I believe before breakfast
today I will book that vacation
today I will let a friend know my true feelings
today I will listen closely to my moods
today I will go for a walk in the rain
today I will start to simplify what goes on behind the scenes of this website
today I will carry my camera with me everywhere I go
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