Taking a Pause
yarn that I bought while in Canada Sometimes I want to pause time, take a breath and remember everything I'm seeing and thinking. This week is a pause week. The weather has been brilliant. Cool air, blue skies or cloudy skies, intermittent and glorious. Lots of time to look out the windows and enjoy the riot of autumn colors. I'm thrilled to be home and reunited with my bed, my kitchen and most of all my tender daily rituals that bring me joy. Making coffee and drinking from my favorite mug early in the morning feels fuller and richer at my kitchen table. Whenever I travel, I try to set that precious morning ritual stage but the location is different - hence the feeling that something is missing. Frodo!!! Gah! Whenever I return home, I want to hug my country traffic. I love how quickly I can get from point A to point B because of my rural hometown. My kind of traffic is being behind a farm tractor hauling freshly cut corn husks (this happened after babysi