March: Currently
15 Mar 2013
Feeling so grateful for all of you and your sweet and encouraging comments on yesterday’s post. Thank you!
Reading this book on the history of Barbie (fascinating!) and this book
on the art world. (Odd not to be reading fiction! But I have some more lined up. Excited about this one
.)
Listening to kind of a lot of Florence and the Machine. I think the laser gun sounds are absolutely the best thing about this song. Also, the Nashville Soundtrack, which led me to discover The Civil Wars. Amazing.
Packing for our weekend getaway to Ventura!
Loving the cool mornings and evenings, since summer has already sort of descended upon us.
Exulting over the fabric I just bought for quilting.
Knitting preemie hats.
Eating so much cabbage! Bizarre craving, but I’m going with it.
Working on my enormous cross stitch sampler. Finding it oddly relaxing to have a needle in my hand.
Looking forward to fun trips in April and May (Oberlin reunion tickets: secured!)
Writing my book. Loving every second of it.
Loving Lent and all the awesome stuff I’m getting to do. Excited for a retreat with this awesome monk next week.
Feeling really, really, grateful.

Mar 15, 2013 @ 05:08:03
Have a great weekend. Can’t wait to hear about it.
Mar 17, 2013 @ 21:51:19
Oh, it was a great, great weekend! Including a parade with dozens of old cars–you would have loved it!
Mar 15, 2013 @ 07:41:33
It looks like you continue to be open to everything that comes your way.
Mar 17, 2013 @ 21:51:36
Thank you for reminding me! It’s amazing how often I forget!
Mar 15, 2013 @ 13:53:37
Currently wishing I could be there with you for all the fun!
Mar 17, 2013 @ 21:52:11
Me too! Not too long until we shall gallivant together!
Mar 15, 2013 @ 17:13:45
What a GREAT post!! I am having a mopey week, you reminded me how much I have in my life!:) May I kinda ‘copy’ this post??;)
Mar 17, 2013 @ 21:52:54
Thank you so much, Mary! I am glad to hear it brightened your day! Of course, please do copy away! I got the idea from several other bloggers, so I think it’s very safe to pass on! 🙂
Mar 16, 2013 @ 21:41:55
I love the Nashville soundtrack (although I love Connie Britton, for me, Gunnar and Scarlet are the real vocal strengths of the show). And I’ve been curious about Tana French; have you read her before?
Hope you two are having a lovely weekend!
Mar 17, 2013 @ 21:56:27
I totally agree about those two: sonic heaven, I am telling you! I can’t even count how many times I’ve listened to “If I Didn’t Know Better” and “Fade Into You.” I read Tana French’s first novel in January, and I *loved* it. Her novels are really the grand slam of the novel: solid characterization, a real mystery underlying the action, and effortlessly beautiful narration. The first novel even has some unreliable narrator candy, so I was a very happy reader indeed. They are ultimately just very interesting, in my experience, and a real pleasure to read. Thank you so much–the weekend was just glorious!
Mar 18, 2013 @ 09:20:03
I’m reading The Likeness now–thank you for turning me on to Tana French!! Love her.
Mar 18, 2013 @ 09:31:25
I am reading The Likeness now too! Just started it over the weekend and can’t put it down! 🙂