Early days of January, where weather is
best described
as
bleak
hard to remember when last one saw
the sun
or the stars even
grey, grey skies, most often issuing
rain drops instead of
snow
(as January ought to)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
this morning I sit down to coffee
and in reverent sort of blissful
anticipation
I slowly and gently open the first pages
of a new book\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
where quite possibly never before I\u2019ve been stumbling a bit through lovely husband, home a little more in the first but\u2026 in a good way, I suppose<\/p>\n\n\n\n the first couple of weeks after of course the lack of sunshine, Anxiety, (capital a)<\/p>\n\n\n\n even something as simple as a decision to not then growing fears possibly all of this, unknowingly carried but, like the gentlest morning a kind of <\/p>\n\n\n\n (where the reader here will note: my side of the washstand on the right, and lovely husband’s side Early days of January, where weather isbest describedasbleakhard to remember when last one sawthe sunor the stars evengrey, grey skies, most often issuingrain drops instead ofsnow(as January ought to) this morning I sit down to coffeeand in reverent sort of…
have I thought to review a book on the opening
twenty or so pages
yet here I am, thinking if you were to read
even just the first opening thoughts
of Apples On A Windowsill by Shawna Lemay
<\/strong><\/em>on life, still life, ordinary life, beauty
light, and how it falls
I can assure you, you will feel yourself instantly
aware
of tenderness
in the world<\/p>\n\n\n\n
this rather dark and soggy start to the year
you know as family members
disperse
and we \u2018begin again\u2019 to
organize, tidy and find homes for
new things<\/p>\n\n\n\n
two weeks
and most gladly, Head Chef here
has the kitchen a little rearranged
certain areas feel
ever so
slightly
out
of
place<\/p>\n\n\n\n
the holiday, feel like a kind of
waiting period
waiting I guess
for things to
settle in again\u2026 (for me, anyway)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
the lack of
garden, even wildlife really, with all the rain
and now the cold,
tends to draw on me a bit
my, well documented
general uneasiness in the world
raging quite blatantly, on the inside
a trip to the city, taking our daughter back
to university
the definite signs of time\u2019s passing
on ones face, and in ones
thinking<\/p>\n\n\n\n
eat animals
quite unintentionally compromised
by a slight mix-up in a restaurant
the astonishment that registers with the man who mis-
served
when he is met not with indignation
and overwrought
outrage
but instead, with kind understanding
all the unnecessary attention
possibly serving to embarrass me,
more than
him<\/p>\n\n\n\n
for an upcoming sinus surgery, I am trying hard
not
to
focus on
and a message this morning
to say a young man has been lost
in a tragic
car accident<\/p>\n\n\n\n
then wearily, set down
on the doorstep
of a
friend
who has invited you in
to talk about a trip to Rome
about beauty, and art
and the way the light touches things, in just such a way
about flowers
and
marriage
about life, when it is still
and glimpses of magic, when one is open
to noticing
who will speak to you about things
that you know
and things that you love
in kind conversation<\/p>\n\n\n\n
meditation
that soothes
sort of wipes the glass clean,
a nod to recognition
a tip
of ones cup <\/p>\n\n\n\n
balm
for kindred hearts
and a great Hurrah!!
for a growing
gratitude \u2665<\/p>\n\n\n\n
on the left…)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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