Win a Whimsy Wednesday!

Happy wednesday everyone! It is time again to give away another little piece of peace. If you've not been following this give-away, this is a simple bookmark created by cutting up a drawing - a drawing of a peace symbol. 

To enter to win this piece of peace, just pause here ... take a deep breath ... feel the love enter your body ... feel the peace flow through your being ... exhale ... and return to your normal cadence of breath. Oh - and leave a comment to this post!

Number 1 is drawn again ... so ... 

Congratulations luthien, you won this week's whimsy !

As always,  thanks to all who stopped by to play! Have a beautiful day.

A Plunge into 2009

Man oh man. Today was one of those spent in the linear, logical realm of the left brain. There was a time, not all that long ago when that was my realm of perceived choice. These days, I have to force myself there. Like it or not, it is necessary, dare I say vital from time to time to roam in the realm of the patriarch. Ya know what I'm talking about?

Other than the trip to the recycling center, the Log House for lunch, and hardware store for paint chips, my day was filled with long-put-off planning and plotting for the calendar year ahead. This is not a simple matter of managing the calender and scheduling classes, workshops and other events, it's also about considering tactics and strategy and today ... those are the sorts of decisions I made.

And those on my various eLlists know it already. And I sigh ...

Love on Sunday

I made a pot of truly awesome turkey-n-dumplings. I made two more loaves of amazing bread - wheat, oatmeal and flaxseed. I made more thank you cards. I made more holiday cards. I made art in my art journals. I made art on glass bottles. And ... I made a soap sack ...

... now I'll never waste a single sliver of handcrafted soap again!

Schmuntz

I prepped leftovers for the freezer. I napped. I bottled ale. I simmered a turkey carcass for stock. I made white russians.

Life is sweet.

A Dinner of Love

For the boy and his mom ...

... and I am grateful for the opportunity. Plus, it was freakin' delicious! 

Holy Crap - It's Win a Whimsy Wednesday!

I completely zoned!

Still - THANKfully I have this week's whimsy ready. Another piece of peace in the form of a bookmark - or whatever the receiver chooses it to be. So, to enter in this week's whimsy draw, leave a comment to this post to express one thing for which you are grateful today.

Given the US holiday tomorrow, many of you would deem this prompt appropriate. Yet, my challenge to you is this: Make every day a day of Thanks. Now read my prompt again, then - recite it to yourself every day. And - of course - leave your comment!

I'll draw the whimsy winner Thursday morning (or whenever I get around to it).

And the winner is ... AlyiceEdrich! Yay!

Bread -n- Art

I made a fresh batch of copal and sage incense. I made my list for the Thanksgiving meal to discover, much to my extreme delight, that I only need one item that will be easy to pick up tomorrow at the local IGA. I made more bread which will be enjoyed as toast with breakfast and become stuffing for Thurday's dinner.

I made art, in the form of cards, and listed them in my shop.



That's what I made today.

a break in tradition

Yesterday I made a decision. I decided to make a break from tradition. The elements that work with weather (with whether?) played a role in this decision, in this cutting away from patterns past. I will be staying put for the holiday of Thanksgiving. I will not be traveling the highways west and north. I will not be sharing this holiday with my mother. I am relieved and delighted, and I am disappointed and saddened.

Yesterday was an emotionally exhausting day for me. In it I faced a number of realizations about myself and about my relationships with those I love ... here and there. I'm still digesting this seemingly simple decision and act, just as I will be digesting the riches and richness of the upcoming celebratory food of Thanksgiving.

More later.