We’ve been packing up and moving every couple of weeks. This quick pace makes for exciting travel and gives us the opportunity to explore fantastic new sites, but it can become disorienting. Honestly, I hadn’t any forethought about this potential side-effect of nomadic living. I was gobbling up new experiences without any cognizance of needing to stay connected along the way. Who focuses on planting roots while purposely f Read the rest of this entry »
This afternoon, while my son took a nap and my daughter read quietly in her room, I pulled out my needle felting supplies. By the way, we’ve kept nap time a routine since my daughter was a baby. She’s nine years old now. I love our afternoon quiet time and hope to never outgrow it. I find it necessary to make time for relaxing. Sometimes I read, sometimes I nap, and sometimes I create. Today, I chose to needle felt, which is an activity I find very soothing to the soul. You can’t rush forming the wool one needle poke at a time. Needle felting is a slow, but intuitive, gentle process. It is an activity which requires me to calm my body and quiet my mind…to be present, yet playful. One item I finished was a wee little creation made from a broken walnut shell, Read the rest of this entry »
Honest Simplicity 