I had a migraine yesterday afternoon. Usually, I take my meds and keep plowing through with work (esp when everyone is out of the house, which rarely happens, and happened yesterday). Instead, I laid down, closed my eyes, and listened to my audio book for a long time—Ross Gay's The Book of More Delights. I can't really nap these days, but this felt like the next best thing.
I cleared out all of my Christmas decor, but with an eye to which room each belongs. That way next season each box will have everything that room needs. It felt liberating.
I love the prompt for today, along with the wonderful Lucille Clifton poem. My "nothing" was sitting for 20 minutes yesterday afternoon, watching song sparrows and one bold cardinal land on the suet feeder and nibble with their bird beaks, all the while the wind was whipping through the juniper tree, everything a movement of color, of sound.
I love this, Valerie! sounds like a poem itself...Jenny Odell's book has a lot of bird-watching in it. If you haven't read it, I recommend it for sure, as it sounds like you're bird-watching kindred spirits.
Thank you for this gorgeous prompt today, a perfect way to start the day and the week. I love the idea of "clumsy blessings" and the possibility in us at the beginning of each day. It was great to hear your voice, too. I am working on ease and patience, in my writing practice and my life/relationships/parenting and this fit perfectly into my practice this morning. And, I laughed at that nickname your students chose - Being late is such a trigger for me, and I rub up against my son's propensity to take his sweet time, so I think I might start (lovingly) calling him "Blake Slate" :)
I'm so glad this was a perfect start for you today. Ease and practice are such good grounding goals—and I like that you're working on that in your writing and in your life (these are so often linked!) sorry being late is a trigger (it is for my partner, too, and I just can't seem to change...) -- you made me laugh with this nickname! :)
I had a migraine yesterday afternoon. Usually, I take my meds and keep plowing through with work (esp when everyone is out of the house, which rarely happens, and happened yesterday). Instead, I laid down, closed my eyes, and listened to my audio book for a long time—Ross Gay's The Book of More Delights. I can't really nap these days, but this felt like the next best thing.
Thank you for the inspiration to consider this, Emily: "What is one small way you might deepen or extend your interaction with that thing you love?"
I cleared out all of my Christmas decor, but with an eye to which room each belongs. That way next season each box will have everything that room needs. It felt liberating.
Love this! I relate so deeply to that feeling of clearing out--and organizing / knowing where things are--as liberating ⚡️⚡️
I love the prompt for today, along with the wonderful Lucille Clifton poem. My "nothing" was sitting for 20 minutes yesterday afternoon, watching song sparrows and one bold cardinal land on the suet feeder and nibble with their bird beaks, all the while the wind was whipping through the juniper tree, everything a movement of color, of sound.
I love this, Valerie! sounds like a poem itself...Jenny Odell's book has a lot of bird-watching in it. If you haven't read it, I recommend it for sure, as it sounds like you're bird-watching kindred spirits.
Thanks! I just ordered Jenny Odell’s book.
Yay. Would love to know what you think!
Thank you for this gorgeous prompt today, a perfect way to start the day and the week. I love the idea of "clumsy blessings" and the possibility in us at the beginning of each day. It was great to hear your voice, too. I am working on ease and patience, in my writing practice and my life/relationships/parenting and this fit perfectly into my practice this morning. And, I laughed at that nickname your students chose - Being late is such a trigger for me, and I rub up against my son's propensity to take his sweet time, so I think I might start (lovingly) calling him "Blake Slate" :)
I'm so glad this was a perfect start for you today. Ease and practice are such good grounding goals—and I like that you're working on that in your writing and in your life (these are so often linked!) sorry being late is a trigger (it is for my partner, too, and I just can't seem to change...) -- you made me laugh with this nickname! :)