Stan’s homemade bread and Grandma’s wooden spoon
The doorbell woke me this morning after a sleepless night.
I began jangled, but I centered myself on the morning’s pleasures: fresh orange juice in a cut glass goblet, toast from Rosemary bread made by my love, a dollop of yogurt in a rose-colored cup from Portugal, a marigold and zinnia from my summer garden in a tiny vase, my cats romping in the almost cool morning, a deep purple morning glory winding ’round the okra that needs to be pulled, a chickadee in the zinnias.
Let the phones ring! (more…)
Joyful Equinox!
The circle turns and Autumn Equinox is here.
Whether the season brings autumn leaves, more rain, darker nights, or a bountiful harvest, it signifies that shorter days and longer nights are before us. On this powerful day when the sun crosses the plane of the earth’s equator and day and night are equal, I will focus on balance in my life, which means to me, more joy.
We hear of so much sadness and we experience so much stress in today’s world. Tainted food and formula, failing economy, violence, health issues, mortgages, hurricanes, gas prices, unemployment–stop, let’s focus on more joy!
The question I want to ask of you is what simple pleasures in your life bring you joy? (more…)
