006.22 Coloring with my food

006.22 Coloring with my food

In January, when the winter weather leaches all the color out of the landscape, I find that one of my favorite pick-me-ups is to weave a rainbow of color into my life through meals. For this reason, I devoted a small section in this month’s journal pages to...
005.22 Powering down

005.22 Powering down

January nights, I think, must be made for candlelight, comfy snacks, and a good book. (Or, for the extroverts out there, a small cozy gathering of friends for a game night or movie marathon.) I opted for the former last night. In need of relaxation after an...
004.22 Easing in

004.22 Easing in

One of my pet peeves is how the first week of any new year is steeped in pressure to perform. Flush with resolutions and renewed energy after the holiday break, the unspoken expectation is that we should all get after it. Like now. It has not escaped my attention that...
003.22 January’s something list

003.22 January’s something list

I begin the year in pursuit of this cheerful checklist of Something… to craftto readto cleanto decorateto let go ofto smell goodto glowto surpriseto giftto growto mendto repurposeto learnto serveto embellishto sing
002.22 Resolutions

002.22 Resolutions

I have a bottle of carrot juice in my fridge earmarked for this day. Which is to say that I am not immune to the aspirational fever that infects us all on New Year’s Day. In fact, I rather enjoy it. I love to fantasize about the coming 365 days, each one a...
001.22 Excelling at ordinary

001.22 Excelling at ordinary

A new year dawns. And as if on cue, snow is falling outside, obligingly offering me a clean slate. In anticipation of this new year, I spent the past few days with rulers, pens, glue and magazine clippings, setting up my latest bullet journal. In my younger years I...