broken pieces of green tossed
in large blue ocean waves taken
washed by water and sand
edges made smooth
full and round
land peacefully on shore
to be found shining
light reflecting

~
for one word . broken

since i have a problem with the reasoning in this book.
i thought perhaps it would be a good exercise for me to attempt
a kind of mini rewrite in blog style.

it might help in some way for me to do it.

though i don’t want to do it in a way of comparison.  because
i don’t plan to talk about the work as it is now, at all.  i am only
planning to use it as a starting point.

i would like to see the ideas in a new light, and what happens in
the process.

~

today, i read to page sixty-eight in this book.  all the while
thinking that i could go on and read while disregarding the
parts that don’t sound, to me, like a life of faith in God.

i was beginning to choke on the reasoning that s. pressfield
serves up with the main course of simple advice to just sit down
and do the work.

i’m done with reading this little piece of work.

~

most people have come down
off of the holiday high, have turned
around to face the new year head on,
and there, sitting quietly in a corner,
are the resolutions,
determined not to leave the party. 
there are always a few ornery ones
that just can’t take a hint.

~

from week 1

1.  first he was . at andrea tachezy

2.  starting here, starting now – at transit notes

3.  in winter waiting . at faith fiction friends

4.  all art friday . writing without paper

5.  the nance marie daily . my bit of fun this week

~

i put together another soap dish.
if you are wondering why i am so into soap dishes
lately, it’s sort of out of necessity.
we were using a lot of soap from plastic
pump bottles, jason lavender is my favorite,
but, i wanted to start using bar soap again at some
of our sinks. and i don’t want to use the usual
dishes that i can buy, or those plastic things.

this one was easy.  i didn’t have to make it, i only
put some things together that i already had.
the dish was a gift from a friend a few years back, that
she made, which is pottery.
i was never sure what to use it for, so it was mainly
something that looked nice.  (sometimes it would hold
a pair of my earrings)

i took some of my favorite little stones and set them
on the dish as a lift for the soap, so the soap can dry.

instant soap dish!

easy to clean and naturally, i think it’s pretty.

do you like it?

~

early 15c., pety coote, lit. “a small coat,” from petty and coat (n.). 
Originally a padded coat worn by men under armor, 
applied mid-15c. to a garment worn by women and young children.

still transferring photos onto flicker
a little at a time.
this one is from october 2008.
“old zinnia”

i would like to plant all flowers and
no vegetables in the garden this spring.

yes, it’s only january, and i am already
thinking of planting flower seeds.

*

i just signed-up for a one day workshop
in encaustic painting.  should be interesting.

saturday the 15th of january.

~