I’ve already been outside this morning tending to various needs around the house. Sometimes I like to think of our place as a little farm. There’s something about that perspective that makes me feel more needed and my motion necessary to sustain the daily functioning of our dwelling. Four cats with big personalities, and a lover, is enough of a homestead for me right now as we are learning to fine tune all of our harmonies. (The cats especially. Okay, us, too.)
I also love the idea that ground is Grounding. Getting up in the morning to go outside invigorates my soul; the sooner I see that January blue sky and breathe in the crisp air, I am awakened. So what if this morning the first thing to throw me outside was a whole heap of chores—it’s for the little farm. As I breathed in the air with two arms filled with basement rubble, I felt like I had a purpose…at the end of January. I experienced satisfaction of the work completed and a sensation of the work to come. “People can build a lot for themselves if they just put some work into it,” spoken simply from a Grandpa. This consistent tending is something of a cultivation and I am happy to be wading in creation here this January. Owl Love You All Year, I believe, has the capacity to awaken our creativity and connect us a little more in life.
Do something today that makes you feel more whole!
And remember, entries are due for the next swap by February 9th (if you want yours received by the 14th).
OWL LOVE YOU ALL YEAR
1951 N. Francisco, GARDEN LEVEL, Chicago, IL 60647
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