A Mindful Life

I managed to finish the blue scarf. I’ll take a photo when it’s light out. I also started another quick scarf for the Dulaan project this weekend. We had guests, and I took it along in the car to knit as we toured the Bay Area. And then I decided to start a shawl from [...]

We had guests this past weekend, friends from Austin. It was perfect weather, and we went all over the place. There is an outside chance they may relocate to Silicon Valley, so part of the time was spent discussing life out here. We went to the Marin Headlands, ate at the Cliffhouse, saw huge Elephant [...]

Mid-night I rise to pee, my feet shocked
awake by chill tile, the cold making
my arms like sandpaper.
Then I return to the warm cocoon bed
next to you, and melt again into sleep,
grateful.
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I’ve written nothing since mid-April, and I could not abide allowing May to pass without my writing something, however lame.
My encounter with a poetry [...]

I miss knitting. I picked up a project I began on Christmas Eve. It’s nearly finished, but it’s been hard to get to. This is a lame reason, I suppose. Knitting is so portable. But my new job requires so much time and that much more energy, that I’ve only been able to keep up [...]

Tuesday I worked a long day in San Francisco. The evening project was to help paint a mural at the UCSF Children’s Hospital. I got home that night around 10:45 p.m.
Wednesday I had a site visit during the day at a wildlife refuge that brought such peace as soon as I entered that I must [...]

What or whom do you see when you look at this photo? Tell me a story (even a very short one)!

It’s nearly the end of May. I have not written a poem in more than a month — nor have I read many either. I’ve been in the thick of reading about life, the universe, and everything as expounded by Bill Bryson. Among other things.
I’ve also not knitted or made art. I take that [...]