Realize All That You Are And More

Preface : sorry for the spelling errors, my computer only speaks French.
(Said with a mouth brimming with bread and cheese) I am sorry I have’t had a chance to write more frequently, (chew, chew) but I have been gorging on bread, cheese, chocolate and (gulp) wine.

Yellow, butter sun rises
Twin chimnies, tangled smoke streams linger
Brighly painted barns and hidden lake shore benches
Cold frosty pastures, with breath still warm
We talk and laugh and realize that friendships are the best when the world feels like it’s falling
Good food and great company is the ticket to a happy heart
Play now and forever remember your dreams
Be sponantious, stick your head in the freezing , famous, fountain and splutter your fears away
Listen to good music and say what’s really on your mind
Use common sense and stick to it, until it’s done
Be bold, be bright, be you, be love and you will recieve all that you are and more
Red rose sunsets turn into night

Hauling wood with childish enthusiasm

Three women moved two cords of wood in three hours. Which, by the way, is A LOT of wood in a descent amount of time. We felt very accomplished and afterward had chocolate crepes with ice cream for dinner. Who needs a gym and yoga classes when you’ve got wood, hay, mud, and a pitch fork? I have never felt more alive than I have in the past week. Something about cold, fresh air really gets the body going.

Hallelujah!

I saw God last night. He arrived in the form of a middle-aged plumber with brown hair and a two-day stubble. He had kind eyes and worked his magic like I’ve never seen before. We now have hot water and heat! Hallelujah!

Freezing with a touch of Frost

Finally arrived after a car ride to Phoenix with my beautiful sister, Anna, a plane ride to Washington D.C. where I actually thought I was in Washington State, because no one refured to it as D.C. only Washington. So, half delirious, I took another plane to Paris. Arriving at 6:30 in the morning, I proceeded to spend the next seven hours in the airport, watching people as I waited for my train that embarked at 1:16 in the afternoon. I caught two trains to Saumur, where I finally met my dear friend, Aurora, and took another car ride to her wonderful farm, where I have the cutest little room at the top of the house. Tuesday evening we ran out of hot water, and today we are still waiting on the plumber to call us back… in France that could mean next week some time. Therefore, I took a sponge bath in approximately two inches of water that I heated on the stove, and washed my hair in cold. The comical comes in all different forms, and the best remedy in the world is laughter. So what do I do, I smile and welcome each day as it comes my way. Thanking the Divine for all that I DO have. So all of you out there, stop your winning and thank someone for all you’ve got. Moreover, don’t forget to make laughter a habit.