Category Archives: Walk

This is it

4 Replies

This morning, I’ll pick up my rental car and drive to Portland for the World Domination Summit, but first I’ll walk on the beach with my boys. When I was packing yesterday, Dexter was worried. I’m not sure if his anxiety was because he knew I was leaving or he thought he was going to have to get back in the car for two days for the trip back to Colorado.

When I first bought my ticket to this event, I wasn’t clear about why or what it was or what it would mean, I just knew I had to go, that something about it seemed right, auspicious. I decided to start blogging because I didn’t want to show up with nothing, told myself that I needed to write, to publish consistently, at least for the nine months leading up to the Summit. And it totally worked, broke through the writer’s block that I’d struggled with for 25+ years. And I took classes from, met people connected to the conference that now I get to meet in person, thank and tell how much I adore them, how much their work has encouraged and helped me.

The most magic thing is that I plan to show up, be present and be exactly who I am, all my messy and stinky and brilliant bits. And I think there’s a real chance I’ll be able to maintain that perspective, to self-care, to connect, to risk being vulnerable, to be brave and open-hearted, to have a great time but also know that in the context of my whole, full life, it’s only one great moment in a string of such moments–no big deal.

Kind and gentle reader, I hope to continue posting while away, but I’m not making any promises. I just don’t know how busy or tired I’ll be, or how good my internet connection will be. If for some reason, I don’t post or what I do post is quick and dirty, I promise to come back and tell you all about it when it’s done. But, I will miss you, because what I also realize is that even though this blog started as a project “for” WDS, it has become something that you and I share, and in that way, it’s so much more important.

Gratitude Friday

3 Replies

This post is a mashup of The Little Bliss List and Joy Jam, and as such is meant to celebrate: the little things that brought me hope and happiness this week, the sweet stuff of life, those small gifts that brought me joy this week. By sharing them, I not only make public my gratitude, but maybe also help you notice your own good stuff and send some positive energy out into the world.

beach teepee

1. The High Park Fire is 85% contained. And yet there is so much still burning, so much devastation, and so many people with such big, open hearts working so hard.

2. Farmer’s Markets. Strawberries, raspberries, lettuce, marionberry jam (there is a rumor that my cousin is making me a batch to take back to Colorado with me), and fresh maple bars. I had eaten so many berries yesterday, my fingertips were stained red.

3. Local Community Yoga Classes. Donation based, just down the road, four classes offered per week. I went to my first this morning, and it was awesome, (it gave me a little boost to be the model for some of the more advanced poses).

4. Long walks on the beach. 2-4 hours of this, every day, and the weather has been perfect.

another one

5. Magic, hidden places. Eric and I seem to find these a lot, and he said of the one we found yesterday “this is what happens when you wander around.”

6. LeRoy’s Blue Whale pancakes. I was worried that after two years, either my memory of them couldn’t be trusted or they would have changed, but they were every bit as delicious as I remembered. Apparently, they’ve had the same cook there for the past 18 years, and he makes magic pancakes.

Bonus Joy: meeting Julia. Even though I am a terrible first date (more on that later), it was so great, after already “meeting” her heart and thoughts, already knowing and loving her insides, the art and words she makes, to get to finally meet her outside. In person, just as I suspected, she glows.