A Mindful Life

We are still exploring the “embrace the mistakes, love the ugly bits” theme. This week I don’t have a deeply personal story or contemplation to share. What you see here is the fruit of my labor: my first ever knitted hat. I am little-girl proud — “Lookie lookie what I made!” I’m pleased to have [...]

Three day weekends are wonderful (mine was shifted because I worked on Saturday). Today I cleaned the kitchen, worked out for an hour, did two loads of laundry, made lamb stew, and knitted. See?

Practice makes perfect. I’m going to donate the hat to the Dulaan project. Time to give my hands a rest and delve [...]

I am so so pleased and proud of myself. Today I went to Commuknity to sit and knit awhile. I brought along a hat I started in November but set aside when I dropped a stitch and couldn’t figure out how to pick it up. Today was the day to fix that. So I knit [...]

Wow! Is it Monday already?
Saturday evening entailed a good visit with friends and a tasty dinner of Cioppino. And get this: Husband made the dessert! Since I had to work Saturday I told him I couldn’t do my usual (I’m the Baker in the family). He doesn’t cook much. He went out, bought brownie mix, [...]

I went to Stitches West today and, after wandering around the booths for several hours, I decided to buy something from my favorite local yarn store, Commuknity. It’s a fingering weight, hand-dyed merino wool by Claudia — colorway is Begonia.

There was so much yarn goodness that I’m amazed I didn’t spend more. Being there did [...]

None of us get enough naps. Naps are essential for mental health. Naps are productive — contrary to what we’ve been taught. Our culture promotes tension and crabbiness. Part of this is the severe lack of naps. Declare your home, or wherever you are, as a free nap zone.
–SARK
Yesterday I took a four-hour nap. Today [...]

If arrogance is the heady wine of youth, then humility must be its eternal hangover.
–Helen Van Slyke

High tide came when I started my job, and most everything else in my life has been submerged, including the creativity exploration. *sigh*
I’m hanging on to the idea of exploring The Artist’s Way, but that’s all I’ve managed.
This is not a complaint — just acknowledgement of what is. I’ve not even been able to keep [...]

I arose at 5 a.m. this morning, caught the train to San Francisco, and arrived at Bill Graham auditorium by 8:30 a.m.
Today was the 9th occurrence of Project Homeless Connect. It was my first time volunteering for it.
My task: to walk a section of the city with three other volunteers and try to engage the [...]