NOTICED ALONG THE WAY :: spring edition
✦ not snow but petals …
✦ On my morning commute, I pass by fields of dandelions in housing developments and they are just so lovely. It makes me happy to see at least a few residential properties are not dumping a bunch of chemicals to make their lawns dandelion-free. I’ve never understood it. Do people really not see the beauty in a grassy field spotted with bright yellow flowers? And to think they’re also medicinal and perfect for salads and stir frys!
✦ In a dream, I met a hobo playing tic tac toe, but hobo tic tac toe used four rows so games would last longer (played against yourself like solitaire)
✦ “Anger is showing you where a boundary has been crossed”
✦ Baseball has become one of those things I didn’t even know I was missing, and now I can’t imagine my life without it. Isn’t it funny how that happens?
✦ Collage made for a friend:
✦ a piece of art my niece made:
✦ A fever really puts things into perspective. Priorities become very clear and few (water and a bed, basically).
✦ “Why are all my best friends and boyfriends the oldest child?” “Because they don’t need anything” (my friend responded so quickly and matter of factly, it made me laugh).
✦ April views from the Pittsburgh apartment:
✦ Claude would be a Christian, apparently (interesting convo).
✦ “Home is where you can be yourself”
✦ Practical Magic 2?!
✦ A friend once said the days when you think you don’t have time to take the walk or get to the AA meeting are the ones when you need to do it most—because you do it and somehow that experience generates more time. I think this is because the experience generated more spaciousness in your mind. The same could be said about morning pages. The days when you “don’t have time” are probably the days you need them the most.
✦ “We’ve given vegetables too much power.”
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✦ Why are we not sharing music like we used to? Because the algorithm does it better?
✦ Heard myself saying “you’re making me homesick for the road” and it caught me off guard
✦ I guess we are calling it organic water now?
✦ Per the internet: The Pittsburgh Pirates received their name in 1891 after being accused of “pirating” second baseman Louis Bierbauer from the Philadelphia Athletics. Other teams felt Pittsburgh acquired him illegally, leading to the “Pirates” nickname, which the club officially adopted in 1891 and began wearing on uniforms by 1912.
✦ A friend relayed an idea heard at a lecture, and it stopped me because it had never occurred to me—the parallel between the artistic process and Mother Mary birthing the Christ Child. I know, in some ways, we must not compare these things, but also it really does seem that important sometimes. Not THAT important but close. And we sometimes take for granted the art that has changed our life. What if those songs and books and films never existed. Someone had to choose to put everything else aside and birth that symphony or novel.
✦ Drawn to red …
✦ A reminder to trust those original visions—literal visions—because they are your intuition … and you already know so much … what will work and what won’t, what you want and what you don’t … even when the visions are subtle and quiet and come in a flash.
✦ My new thing is using the fake tarot readers on TikTok for affirmations
✦ old poem found:
Those little strings of things
that push + pull me ———
release them
and hold me steady.
The cords that tie me to any
person, place, or memory—
break down and dissolve them
back into the void from where they came
leave only my cord
to the source of all things
✦ What does your future self wear?
✦ I realized I’m more likely to finish a book if it’s a library book (the deadline).
✦ You know what never ceases to be unsettling? Every time I scroll the wire for “Religion” stories for my day job, nearly every one of them is horrific.
✦ I woke up (sick, actually) in a Frank Lloyd Wright house last month for a travel story I wrote for DayTripper magazine. Here is the view of the morning room, with my legal pad of morning notes on the bed.
Unfortunately, the article doesn’t appear to be online, but maybe I’ll share at a later date.
✦ Recipes on rotation: GF gnocchi sautéed with greens and perfecting chicken meatballs (w/ shredded sweet potatoes, parsley, spring onion, etc.). My GF pepperoni rolls experiment also turned out not half bad.
✦ When things seem bad, just remember Earth once went through a period where it rained every day for a million years.
✦ I rarely follow the plan but I like having one.
✦ A quick Google search because I glanced over at the game and didn’t understand what was happening. It was bewildering to see pitches this slow:
✦ I finally got back in my van for a little spring cleaning and discovered the hornets have built nests again, which is a drag, but mostly it was nice to be in the space again after several months. It’s almost like returning to a (very small) vacation home for the season.
✦ The high of being in alignment with God is better than anything else, so why would your aim be anything else? Why would you do anything that pulls you away if you know that?
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I loved my past gardens of peonies and STL abd Cubbie baseball. Now settling with Blue Wahoos, small town charm with a view and cheaper. I have an ongoing yearn for PA, love to explore. Childrens art and to stay in a FLW home, omg.💯 love your writing style, lots of goodness.