hello friend ~

the days where there are no plans, and no where special to be, are just the best. this week i have been mama, wife, friend, and connect four loser... yes dats me. come on, who loses at connect four? me waving my hand, dem laughing. it's the dahm tic tac toe, but not on da paper. eh!

knitting is on the list for this weekend. i kind of love that. ; )

i have moved on to reading and adoring "winter's tale" by mark helprin

“They gave themselves up to the stars the way swimmers can surrender to the waves, and the stars took them without resistance.”

hello friend : )
xo

here and there and snowflakes ~

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we are expecting a huge winter storm. snowflakes and more snowflakes. so of course i had to make my way to the market and stock up for a day or two. i think a pot of homemade soup and a crusty loaf of bread, should be soul warming. i made an extra stop at the craft store to grab a bit of extra yarn. i really could spend all day in there, dreaming about the stuff i wish i could make. : ) i would love to learn to sew.

i have a mosaic post up at the mortal muses. please stop by, say hello maybe you'd like to link your photo up.  : )

a few project i have are coming due. and because they are so dear to my heart, i will take some time from this space to finish them. it might be a bit quiet here for a couple of days.

listening to

reading

loving

palms clasped... thank you for every kind word you leave here. and thank you for every ounce of support you give me. i have been feeling my way in the dark a bit lately... eh at times that just happens. i stumble, i keep getting up.  ...i appreciate you. 

you are loved

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for you ~

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when i cook a meal for you, it's just my way of conveying, how much i love you. me~

xo

gatherings magazine ~

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"everyone smiles in the same language." author unknown

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the white issue is here! the current issue of gatherings magazine is now live and i am so happy to be one of the contributors to this issue. join me with a cuppa and slowly flip through these gorgeous pages + get to know these talented artists.
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palms clasped.

happy day, my friends. 

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see the stars ~

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“Everybody can be great...because anybody can serve. You don't have to have a college degree to serve. You don't have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love.”

“People fail to get along because they fear each other; they fear each other because they don't know each other; they don't know each other because they have not communicated with each other.”

“No person has the right to rain on your dreams.”

“Only in the darkness can you see the stars.”

dr. martin luther king jr.

hello my friends. how are you?
i am visiting amanda's place today, i hope you will have time to stop in and say hello.
a slow day here, of reflection and peace.
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you are loved~

it's snowing here and a lovely mail day ~

a beautiful bowl arrived in the mail for me today. it now has the title of ~ friendship bowl. i love you, my friend. deep sigh, for blue and white. 

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i miss the holiday lights something awful, so now i have a sweet set, strung along side my nightstand.

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a long awaited book arrived. a loud squeal on my part, made the mail man laugh today.  but truthfully, does it get better than "maps for lost lovers"? i really don't think so. : ) 

"shamus stands in the open door and watches the earth, the magnet that it is, 

pull snowflakes out of the sky towards itself"

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it's snowing here today. i have a roast in the crock pot, with many cloves of garlic, rosemary and a whole onion. i think if i make mashed potatoes, i don't think i will hear a peep, from my family. no mam! 

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stay warm, my friends.

you are loved

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into the mystic ~

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"we were born before the wind

also younger than the sun

ere the bonnie boat was one as we sailed into the mystic

hark, now hear the sailors cry

smell the sea and feel the sky

let your soul and spirit fly into the mystic"

van morrison ~

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sail

xo