“Morning is when I am awake and there is a dawn in me….We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake, not by mechanical aids, but by an infinite expectation of the dawn, which does not forsake us in our soundest sleep. I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man […]
Two Questions To Ask Yourself
Good morning, sunshines… A little 2-minute pep talk this morning. If you want to find your true motivation, ask yourself, “What’s my sentence?” Watch here first: Once you watch the video, you’ll understand what I’m saying when I say that the sentence I’m going for is: She encouraged dialogue about sometimes-taboo topics in an open […]
Such Beauty. Happy Sigh.
I just discovered Karen Walrond at Chookooloonks. Her new book The Beauty of Different is coming out Fall of 2010. Oh, I know, it’ll be hard to wait, but browsing is perfectly acceptable. You can check out her stuff on Chookooloonks. Her blog. And this amazing downloadable desktop photo for April, which I’ve just placed […]
The Weary Kind and All I Want is You
If you read my post about Karen Maezen Miller’s new book Hand Wash Cold yesterday, you’ll know that I’m trying my darnedest to live every day of my life–the one I’ve been so generously given. I have to break it to you, though. Sometimes I get kinda tired. Kinda weary. Kinda discouraged. And then I […]
Momma Zen Does It Again
In January, while the cold wintry winds blew the snow into higher mounds outside, I holed up in a local coffee shop and read an advance copy of Karen Maezen Miller’s new book Hand Wash Cold: Care Instructions for an Ordinary Life. I didn’t know what to expect, except as most of you know by […]