it’s-my-birthday gratitude

i am grateful for…

1) facebook birthdays

2) the latest “modern family” episode because even tho i’m not getting one, i too was psyched to have my birthday coincide with the ipad release date

3) the “double dogs” zodi and ozark, outside of stogo, the vegan ice cream place, the other night

4) doing a park slope sunshine shopping day with my mom

5) that i can now say, without faking it, “oh, you can talk to my agent about that.” and “sorry, i’ve got to take this call, it’s from my agent,” just like miss piggy says in the muppet movie, but without the mel brooks-napping

6) “just kids,” patti smith’s memoir about her and robert mapplethorpe. so restrained, some gorgeous writing and a cool view into a world i’m a little obsessed with

7) health care passing

8) j.b.c.

9) a. getting me baked corn chips

10) the annex at kripalu

11) squiggling my way into pema

12) tom’s shoes–just ordered some birthday footwear that also happens to do some good

13) jennyfeet being freeeeee

14) my ladyfriends with the strong, brave hearts

15) 37 sun rotations of breath, life, safety, love, blessings, health

16) love

17) spring

18) the row of white blooming flower trees along park slope’s fifth avenue right now

19) pockets of peace

20) being an aries

21) injera bread

22) my writing buddy, starfish champion, creative co-cheerleader

23) long weekends

24) getting free from obsession, not the cologne but the snagged claw in my heart

25) opening to love, not the sculpture, but the joy in my heart

26) dharma yoga brooklyn, practicing in a fishbowl that hopefully inspires people

27) urdva danurasana (full wheel) with the wall and how gorgeously straight i can get my arms that way and how great it feels all over. human rainbow bliss

28)  j’s tear-inducing india pics–next time i’m coming with you, sistah

29) having more conversations that matter

30) slowly lining up who i want to be with who i am

31) apples

32) you, for reading

33) great blogs–swiss miss, yoga dork, etc.

34) b.b.

35) going to fancy dinner tonight

36) the notion that there’s something beyond compromise–that we don’t have to be a little bit unhappy to make each other not miserable. i need to study this further, but marshall rosenberg’s notion that we can be a lot happy when we all get our fundamental needs met, together

37) milk bar on vanderbilt–the coffee, the eggs, the avocado