i am grateful for:
1) delicious days on my own schedule
2) the glory that is fantastic mr. fox (despite the incredibly sexist message and approach–and um, what the hell was up with the black power salute?). despite its social problems it’s a gorgeous, funny, emotive, awesome movie. and foxes meditate!
3) a collaborative t-day mini feast, veggie-style. so yum.
4) pumpkin tarts from joyce bakery
5) an inexplicable sudden distaste for coffee
6) the gold stars i just made and hung from my ceiling. magic!
7) e. for helping with gold stars
8) touching dreadlocks for possibly the first time. so cool, those creatures. i want to name them and give them eyes and clothes and dialogue.
9) free writing for the first time in ages. such good juicy stuff. thinking about starting a monthly free-writing circle. any interested folks?
10) buying and hauling home a christmas tree that is making me really happy every time i look at it.
11) no alarm clocks, no subways for four days
12) brooklyn
13) keeping the holidays simpler
14) sea salt brownies from trader joes
15) kirtan! watching j. dip herself up to her ankle bells in performing. so fun to bounce and sing and bathe in the shakti.
16) being able to feel my inner pulse a little bit in the quiet
17) gen with jenn. great dumplings, better talking.
18) how happy poeple seem even in the midst of holiday stress–to be eating, gathering, collecting
19) my friends
20) parsley plus cleanser–and that my ordinary supermarket carries it now
21) white wine and super-salad
22) clean clothes
23) running into neighbors
24) sleeeeep
