Categories: inspiration

29 Aug 2010, Comments (2)

life as story

Author: Linnea

Crepes with grape jam, peaches, and cream.

But in just this one snap shot of breakfast, I see a bowl from my grandma, a family recipe, and plates from my mother-in-law.

I remember the cold rainy day when those grapes were picked and I wonder how many seeds we’ll find in this jar.

I smell peach juice steaming on the stovetop.

I am sticky from cream that splattered from the mixer.

I see us all in our places: husband with coffee, cat in the sun, naked two-year-old and self-dressed four-year-old.

The day is unfolding just as it should.

How are you spending this last Sunday in August?

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Inspired by a) Emily, who is reminding me to live in the moments and take notice of the present and b) Soulemama, who weekly posts “{this moment} – A Friday ritual. A single photo – no words – capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.”

This photograph is from last spring at Cape May and was used in this earlier post. I have enjoyed making some cards lately.  This one is for a dear friend who is going through a tough time right now.  You know who you are, or at least you will when this card arrives in your mailbox next week. And now, if I could just say, how I’d like to be at the beach this weekend.

I was going to add more, but I’m pretty sure that says it all for today. Hope you’re enjoying the weekend.

30 Apr 2010, Comments (0)

The Waves

Author: Linnea

Long winter over, spring is here, but I have not been very “here.”  I’ve been a bit all over the place, mostly right with my family, but sometimes my mind has been far away in other places. I have been the cloudy one for a bit. There are undercurrents, we are working on projects and dreams and the likes. I hope to share more of this as it unfolds in the months to come. Today what I needed was just this one thing: to lay near the water, warmed by the sun, listening to the waves.  Today I just needed to make  peace with the waves.  Because sometimes life is the waves: it does exactly what it knows to do, what it is meant to do.  It cannot be stopped, it should not be stopped.  I do always understand it so I just let it be; I just let me be.

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