Something like living in The Upside Down right now – living in between is a particularly challenging place to be. For now, we wait. I focus on the Good Things that I can notice. Gratitude for the small things today:

  • Deep red mums from Trader Joe’s.
  • Wilting yellow mums from Trader Joe’s that I’m not ready to let go of.
  • A friend arriving to *Do The Thing this afternoon with a quilt to finish.
  • Another friend missing our weekly *Do The Thing today because she had to replace a painting at a gallery (because she had sold the one hanging there!)
  • A home sewn mask from Sondy.
  • Waking at first light, and sitting for an hour with a book.
  • The promise of a new hat, from a friend who knits.
  • A very large iced tea. Very large.
  • Prepping for new team members at Ompractice!
  • Emergency Pizza from my Farm Share.
  • My heated blanket from Target. (Bertram agrees.)
  • 50 something degree weather after a few days dipped in the 30s.
  • The cover of the Invisible Life of Addie LaRue (and generally this season in book covers.)
  • Writing a “reading benefit” policy for my company.
  • Seeing one of my Wellesley sibs win her race! Go Shayla!
  • Finishing up my elections course at Rice this semester tonight – thankful for the opportunity to learn with Caroline and her whole family of lifelong learners.
  • Maple Sugar Candy.
  • Taking myself to bed before midnight.

Get rest, my friends.

xo, Sam