beautiful words

Liz, at Be Present, Be Here has some beautiful words to share with us always but especially here.
I love this part:
“my brother said to me recently as he sifted through his own feelings after just learning that a friend his age had died quite suddenly…he said, “you know liz, we can just die at any [...]

quilts

I know I’ve said I want to do a quilt. Or two. And I’ve admitted to possibly being crazy.
But when you have inspiration like this to look at, then what can I say? I have no choice in the matter.

love this

TED talk on a kinder, gentler philosophy of success. found via a cup of jo.

how to cook your life

How to Cook Your Life – a movie! I don’t remember who recommended it (it was a blog) – if it was you, please remind me! The man in the movie, Zen chef Edward Espe Brown, also wrote a book called The Tassajara Bread Book.

It was good, really good.  And funny.  And worth [...]

happy midweek

what have you been up to?
The ever lovely mrs. french had a post today that had me on a new blog – nest decorating. I soon realized I have been there before after visiting her lovely etsy shop. She was one of my early blog loves and I somehow had lost her since. [...]

quantity vs. quality

The Children’s Year.
I checked this book out from the library recently and I’ve really liked it.  I think it’s a book that will be going in my amazon cart on my next purchase.  One quote really stuck out to me though:
“In a strange way our age is one of poverty in quality rather than quantity.”
And [...]

just what I needed to read

Last week there was a night that I was having trouble getting to sleep. My mind would just race every time I laid down. I was feeling so worn out from the parenting of our two girlies that I actually thought another day might be too much for me. So instead of [...]

parenting

“Instead of explaining your parenting to others,
silently remind *yourself* that your choices are right
*for you*, and your own approval is all you need.”
Awhile back I signed up for a parenting email list called Enjoy Parenting. The quote above comes from an email I got last week from them called “Don’t Explain”.
I like the emails [...]

slowing down

Last week Ali Edwards had a post up that linked to this list: The 10 Essential Rules for Slowing Down and Enjoying Life More (from Zen Habits).  And it is a great post!  I hope you found it too.
My two favorites:
: In number 3 they suggest to disconnect.  To turn off your phone, or leave [...]

new blog love & inspiration

Sarah’s Fab Day is a new find and I’m loving what I’m seeing & reading (found her via la dolce vita).
Sarah has a ton of great stuff on her blog – do go check it out. One of my favorites is when she showed this photo:

(here originally from mary ruffle’s tumblr).
Just looking at this [...]