I decided to go festive with my annual hosting of book club this year by serving a traditional Polish recipe — bigos (hunter’s stew) — a dish said to be close to 700-years old. The topic of the evening was The Lilac Girls (highly recommend), a WWII- era book taking place in America, Poland and France. During
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“they should feel like home. a place that grounds your life. where you go to take the day off.” ~rupi kaur, the sun and her flowers
“Joy is being willing for things to be as they are.” ~Charlotte Joko Beck, Nothing Special
Though my soul may set in darkness, it will rise in perfect light. I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night. ~Sarah Williams, The Old Astronomer weeks in review hosted annual book club holiday party hosted wrapping get-together + delivered gifts to adopted family survived the mall + completed holiday shopping
“Alas, poor feminism. So much responsibility keeps getting piled on the shoulders of a movement whose primary purpose is to achieve equality, in all realms, between men and women.” — Roxanne Gay, Bad Feminist week in review Whole30 days 1-5 yard work finished Bad Feminist began reading Daring Greatly + mindsight spent an entire weekend at home
“I’d rather have a life of ‘oh wells’ than a life of ‘what ifs’.” week in review lots of time spent outside over the weekend + walks brunch with friends game night + grilling with friends lunch with friends late happy hour with friend wrote + mailed handwritten note #8, 9, 10, 11 continued tracking
I have heard many a time that the days + weeks + years seem to pass more quickly the older one gets, and this week was definitive proof of that belief. I briefly recall waking on Monday morning and now, here it is, Saturday. Where did the last 120 hours go? *sigh* The creation of this list
“You must be a friend,” said Corduroy. “I’ve always wanted a friend.” “Me too!” said Lisa, and gave him a big hug. week in review beta launch for new intranet (my baby is out in the world – eek!) fun night of skeeball volunteered for Ronald McDonald House Radiothon on behalf of the region’s Touchstone Energy
“When you have one foot in the future and the other in the past, you piss on the present.” ~Dan Harris, 10% Happier week in review purchased “Mind Over Medicine” (can’t wait to begin reading) began reading “10% Happier” posted: “week in review + lists + doing too much” bought new TV + bed +
The one thing you have that nobody else has is you — your voice, your mind, your story, your vision. So, write and draw and build and play and dance and live only as you can. week in review voted cooked meals for the week: roasted vegetables, crock-pot chicken made choice for next book club
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