Friday, March 26, 2010

Friday Five: Redo, Refresh, Restore


over at RGBP, Songbird shared…
We're in the thick of it in church life as we approach the end of Lent. Palm Sunday and Holy Week await. In the midst of this busy-ness, I undertook a little redecorating here at RevGalBlogPals and found a new template for us.

It's the sort of task I like in the middle of chaos, a chance to redo something, to refresh the way I feel, to restore some sense of order. Please share with us five ways you redo or refresh or restore your body, your space, your blog, anything in your life that needs perking up this week.

1. When I’m feeling chaotic at work, I like to redo the bulletin boards in our fellowship hall. Tearing down old notices and the background paper; bordering and ordering – it leaves me with a visual sense of accomplishment and an aesthetic appreciation for color and composition (in other words: less chaos!).

2. There is nothing nothing nothing like a hot bath to renew my body - winter or summer.

3. Going for a drive completely refreshes my mind. I put on loud music and sing along at the top of my voice. It releases everything that has collected inside me.

4. Write. Again, it renews my spirit by erasing all that is within and getting it on paper. Sometimes it’s beautiful, and sometimes it simply needs to be tossed into the trash. But I’m renewed.

5. Sit in the sunshine. This should probably be my number 1. I often follow my 2 cats around – as they can find the sunniest spots in the house – and then kick them out of the tiniest patch of light. Or I’ll wait for a window seat at the coffee shop. Or head into my boss’s office where the light is best. Anything to soak it in.

Thursday, March 4, 2010

Just Because...

Apropos of nothing, I am posting this GREAT picture by my dear friend Kendra.


Maybe I like the raindrops.
Maybe I miss her.
Maybe I want a beer.
Maybe a cave sounds good.
?
Who can discern the random workings of my brain!

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Meditation on Ashes

Ash Wednesday
2-2010

I close my eyes
against dust
pressed
into my forehead.
Close them
against the reality of death.
Yet Christ has conquered
death –
what shall I fear?

These:
actions and inactions –
the ways I bring death
in so many little ways
each day.
I fear this brokenness
in me
in you;
so I squeeze them
shut.

And all
can see
the ash
but me.

Thursday, February 11, 2010

Ten Years!

It is beyond my comprehension that Jamie and I have been together for 10 years... but here we are.
I give thanks for every day.

Friday, February 5, 2010

Zen Zone

Zen Zone - Comfy Corner - Peaceful Place - My At-Home-Getaway...

I've switched around some space in order to hear better my creative muse (space? hearing? how do they go together? synesthesia! love that word!!! maybe that's my Muse's name? yes!).

Anyway, moved stuff around and played with other stuff and - voilá! second bedroom becomes my writing /creative space.
my writing space! 
including the collage I'm using as inspiration
books! books! books!
have I mentioned I love books?
this includes journals
again, writing space - this time with carved st. cecilia (by one of my church members)
she's the patron saint of poets (among other things)!
same again with prayer shawl
I love this spot
some goddess pieces, 2 journals I collaged, and my dragon candle with "wand" (stick)


ye olde Collage Closet

...
Haven't gotten a good pic of my Knitting Nook (aka, where I sit in a corner in a comfy pleather chair and read/journal/knit/etc)


Kendra has also created creative space this week!