"i do not understand the mystery of grace- only that it meets us where we are but does not leaves us where it found us." | ann lamott
Peaceable Kingdom
Happiness
Around Here Lately
Because it's in
that I strive to find life's litte happinesses.
In the simplicity of crisp clean white sheets
In the traditional beauty of a vase of flowers
In the intricacy of the hem of a lace dress
In the love in a stack of handwritten letters
In the sound of a favorite record
In the accomplishment of an organized desktop
That's what I've been trying to do around here lately.
A Happy List
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A HAPPY LIST//
library shelf ladders. super cute engagement sessions. rain boots. knitting on stone walls. alice in wonderland. pumpkin spice lattes. hugs. friends who support you 110%. crazy quilts. vegetable tempura. leather jackets. gilmore girls. knit foxes. red lipstick.
A Happy List
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A HAPPY LIST//
donuts. roaring trains. this song. crowns of autumn leaves. 5pm. baseball tees. dancing with friends. those sunsets. my city. converses. sweet potato fries. aimless wandering.
A Happy List
A HAPPY LIST//
sailing. seeing six shooting stars. made up constellations. fitzgerald and zelda. black levis. cold swims in the bay. anchors. being up with the sun. coffee. this song. chilly bare feet. knitting something for myself. remembering how to just be.
A Happy List
A HAPPY LIST//
salty skin. collarbone freckles. film from the beach. striped pillow cases. paperback books. putting things into perspective. fried green tomatoes. tie dye shirts. sandy hair. 9am. new plans to look forward to before current plans are even over yet. photoshoots first thing in the morning. crazy quilts. peaches.
Born On A Boat
I was born on a
The daughter of a sailor
It's who I am
The feeling the open water brings is one akin to the feeling of home
I love sleeping under all those stars that are only that brilliant far away from the towns and cities that try to overshadow them
Waking up to a sun that is only that stunning when it's rising up out of the water as if it went for a morning swim before starting its day
Being on a boat makes you look outwards
There's a special kind of soul searching that happens when you're surrounded by all that blue
A Happy List
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A HAPPY LIST//
scrabble. birthday parties. sunday morning coffee and donuts. summer evenings on porches strung with lights. making flower crowns. nectarines. rainy sidewalks. those shoes. knitting. stumbling on new richmond murals. reading that book. flowers given to you by sweet little ones. rain boots. cozy quilts. bunny stamps. running late at night. bob marley and egg making in the kitchen.
On Fire
"To love is to burn, to be on fire" - Jane Austen
On Writing
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I write a lot.
I don't really consider myself a writer though.
Mostly because my writing's are more of a personal venture I suppose, not really shared with many people.
They're mostly just random scribblings and doodles of whatever my mind needs to work out or get out at the time.
Or lists of seemingly-unimportant-but-actually-important things.
Or detailed descriptions of problems or events that I'm working on understanding.
Or accounts of moments I don't want to forget.
I've kept a journal pretty consistently since I was eleven. Though technically my first one was at age eight, I hardly kept up with it. Not to mention the sort of things eight year olds write about is hardly deep or meaningful reading material, though it might be fairly amusing.
(I will leave this unexplained and up for creative interpretation)
I think it also just comes with being a documenter.
I love documenting things.
Whether it's in photos or in words.
I like creating things that capture little moments just as I want to remember them.
I mostly write for me though.
Which I think is the way it should be with some of the things you love.
We all have to have something we do for just us.
This is my something.