Category Archives: Inspiring
THANKFUL
for the dinged up floor in our living room because it means we have a living room and a floor and a roof to match and shoes that scrape against the wood and feet to wear them and legs to carry them and lives that take us in and out and back and forth and [...]
Also posted in Celebrating, Heart Things, House Things, Messy Things, Thanking, Wise Things, Wording Tagged floors, House Things, Thanksgiving 1 Comment
UNFINISHED
The painting that hangs in our living room, above the mail and the keys, is an unfinished watercolor that I found rolled up and buried deep in the basement of an estate sale. It had no frame and no name. It cost me about 25 cents. There were other paintings and sketches in the pile [...]
Also posted in Beautiful Things, Growing, Hard Things, Healing, Heart Things, Messy Things, Wondering Tagged GRACE, Painting, Perfectionism Leave a comment
ART-A-WHIRLING
R-girl and I escaped for a bit this afternoon into a tangled maze of artist studios inside a sprawling historic warehouse which was almost as inspiring and entertaining as the art itself. Made me want to come home and create something. And fed my love for all things slightly banged up and perfectly imperfect. xo [...]
Also posted in Beautiful Things, Cool Things, Finding, Wandering Tagged Art, Art-a-Whirl, historic Leave a comment
BONUS
So, yesterday I discovered an unexpected bonus to finally – finally – no, seriously, FINALLY – moving these noodle-muscles of mine for the first time in months. Especially the ones located directly below and behind my belly button. The ones that seem perilously close to resembling a bowlful of porridge if I’m not careful. Anyway, [...]
LIVE
Today I met a woman who was a day and a half away from retirement. She had come to my house to do a free consultation regarding the adequateness of my deadbolts, window locks, lighting, and general home security – thanks to an epidemic of burglaries in our neighborhood. (Grrrr.) Anyway, after we had talked [...]
CONSIDERING THE POSSIBILITY
I already knew I liked the International Baccalaureate® (IB) program that R-kids have been working their way through for the past five school years. I like that it’s internationally minded. I like that it’s about solving problems, not being spoon fed. I like that it encourages creativity. And writing. Lots of writing. I like that [...]
Also posted in Kid Things, Parenting, Raving, Thinking, Wise Things Tagged Global, R-Kids, School Leave a comment
THE BEST KIND OF TENSE
I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again. I’m a word girl. Words move me. Intrigue me. Inspire me. Speak to me. And sometimes I can get a little nerdy about it. Take that phrase, for example, from a song I’ve heard a few times recently. What grabs me is that I happen to know [...]
Also posted in Beautiful Things, Cool Things, Thinking, Wise Things, Working Tagged Words Leave a comment
IT HAS TO BE SAID
Have you found yours? Or, perhaps I should say, has yours found you? Because, when it does, you must not stifle it, or deny it, or belittle it, or ignore it. Yours is yours. It will not come into this world in any other way but through you. And your audience sits breathless. Rapt. Waiting. [...]
Also posted in Cool Things, Finding, Wise Things, Wording Tagged confidence, Flea market, letters, voice 3 Comments
GRACE, ALL AROUND