To See You, To Hear You

I am sorry the posts have been sparse lately. So far, in 2009 I have been very, very blessed with work and travel. I am praying to keep up and at the same time not lose my enthusiasm for creative endeavors which are such an important part of how I organize (or pretend to order) chaos.

I am re-stocking inspiration. I know you are much more interesting than me. I would love to see you, to hear you — your voices, your stories, your photos. Blogging can feel like a bit of a solo enterprise at times. Leave me a comment or link about what is exciting or inspiring to you these days.

Thank you for stopping by and I hope to post more in April.

In the meantime, here’s a potpourri post to give you something to snack on:

Books

I’m still working through this insightful book, Thomas Moore’s insightful A Life At Work

Moore writes, “A life work is a multicolored, tattered quilt. It is not simple, monochromatic, one-size-fits-all template that you simply adjust to. It may have gaps and holes and incomplete sections. It may not even feel like a life work, especially when you are in the middle of it. There may come a time when you can look back and see the sense in all the parts and glimpse a true life work, but even then it may be full of holes made by a long history of struggles.”

He says that your life work doesn’t have to fit into one job description. It appears in different aspects of your life and you don’t have to choose just one. Amen.

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Films:

Looking forward to seeing the Sundance Festival darling, 500 Days of Summer

and Spike Jonze’s take on Where The Wild Things Are.
Both look like movies with good soundtracks, too.

…this preview gets me with the boats, the sunflare, the sense that -as I have always felt- children understand the tension and the balance of it all. It reminds me of the Children’s Defense Fund motto, “Dear Lord be good to me. The sea is so wide and my boat is so small.”
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Music
This week, my husband is teaching Pride & Prejudice, {which makes this English major nostalgic about being a student} so I’ve been listening to this soundtrack from the most recent film adaptation. It’s really, really good for writing, cooking, editing photos, whatever you happen to be doing. Here’s a link to my favorite song:

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Food

Speaking of my husband {who has a passion for cooking} I’ve asked him to share a few of his quick-veggie-simple recipes here and asked him if I could videotape demonstrations of how to prepare the food and he agreed and said, “let’s call it Plate Worthy.” Love it. A new Plate Worthy series coming this Spring!

Can’t get enough of Intelligensia Coffee which tastes amazing and also cuts out the middle-man putting money directly into the hands of the growers. I found mine at Fresh Market, but I know it’s available elsewhere.

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For those of you who have written that you want more essays, thank you so very much. I am working in that direction. I didn’t realize how much I need that outlet until now.