Grace in small things: part 13 pf 365

1. York Klondike bars. 2. High speed internet that works (which I don’t actually have, but I’m trying to get there and am grateful it’s a possibility). (This positivity thing is working. See how I turned that around there? And didn’t tell you about the three hours on the phone with tech support today and [...]

Grace in small things: part 12 of 365

1. That bamboo can be spun into a fiber so soft, I want to knit it into underwear. 2. That Chris keeps at it with his late-in-life guitar lessons. It’s hard to learn a new language at this stage of the game. 3. Home sweet home (says Lila, over and over again after watching Winnie [...]

A big bag of words

I dreamed this morning that I had a brief and fiery love affair while in my early thirties with Zora Neale Hurston. I had blocked out the memory for decades because I didn’t know what to do with the hole our parting had left in my heart, but many years later friends brought me a [...]

Grace in small things: part 11 of 365

1. The patience to rip out the stitches ten times while trying to learn how to do a double drop knit stitch scarf. 2. The sound of a theater full of children laughing hysterically at fart jokes. 3. Dinner delivered to the door. 4. Chicken broth soothing my (again) upset tummy. 5. Burt’s Bees body [...]

Grace in small things: part 10 of 365

1. Having joined in on this project, so I can force myself to focus on something good on a day when everything feels like an ouch and an irritation. 2. Baby alpaca and silk blend yarn. 3. A feather boa hanging over the railing. 4. Lila practicing writing her numbers with her left hand. 5. [...]

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