I’ve continued to think about it and warm wind really is a different beast. I can definitely enjoy a tropical flavored breeze! Thanks for your comment!
I so enjoyed this read. I love finding people who write on similar topics that I find endlessly fascinating. It’s especially nourishing to find kindred spirits out there. Thanks for introducing me as well to a possible new book to add to my library as well. “STILL: The Art of Noticing” 🥰 I’ve written about being still a lot. Likely because I’m such a busy body with a busy mind but stillness allows all of that wonderful space to both envelop and open us up to more softness, grounding, and creativity. Your words are so lovely and genuine. Excited to read more from you !
I just blew in via Julie's restack of your Alaska post (huge fan of Alaska) and your gratitude habit caught my eye. I was intrigued to read some of the reasoning for it having to do with season, which is a lot like me in my own gratitude practice. I rely on heavily due to season as well, but the opposite! I am always reluctant to face fall and winter, so my gratitudes started as a response to the chill damp effect of November on my heart. Lovely to find a kindred, and no surprise it was Julie's doing.
We have been having crazy weather here in Georgia in recent days, so this post hit home. The pictures you used sum it up very well. You are a great artist.
Well the ‘crazy’ weather is definitely part of the story. The high winds that mean big storms — Those truly scare me! Thanks for the compliments and for reading ✨
Thank you for this insight into why I have such a fraught relationship with wind! My dosha seemed to be vata-pitta when I took it years ago. But it’s true, I’ve struggled with being grounded. Which is why I so appreciate another point you make here: the many gifts of noticing. I always feel calmer and more connected after spending time with a tree or stream or moss or some other than human being. That book is gorgeous! I can see why you love it. So glad to connect here.
Meant to say - “Pilgrim At Tinker Creek” has been very special to me for a long time. When I went out on my own as an architect, I put this quote from it on my business card: “Trees bespeak a generosity of spirit.” 😊
March in Ohio ‘comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb’ so says folklore. March for me is looking at my yard watching for the gradual changes from winter to almost spring. Ephemerals slowly poke up, snow flurries, a few sunny days, wind gusts, icy rain, more sun and over and over again until mid April w/ fingers crossed finally warm spring.
I remember that about Ohio! I’ll be there in April for the solar eclipse. Hoping for some clear skies but I know there are no guarantees in Ohio in April.
March is definitely my least favorite month on Cape Cod; raw, damp, gray, cold, and yes, so so windy! I use to love wind when I was a teen. I wonder what happened. Now I like nothing better than a still, warm, sunny day.
That's awesome that you are reading Pilgrim at Tinker Creek. It's been so long since I read that!
Yes! Thank you for the recommendation! It’s lovely! My realization about my dislike of wind came after repeated attempts to enjoy sailing. Other people obviously love it but I’d always get back to shore feeling battered and depleted. Discernment comes with age I guess. Now it’s a joke with people who know me: she who hates wind.
sounds like you experience a bit of march madness! i love this month, its the snowiest in VT and makes for the best skiing. we call it third winter. and i always know real spring is right around the corner.
that book sounds really stunning, I'm going to check it out.
Jessica! I am gobsmacked! This is such a beautiful review of my book. It makes me feel emotional in the best possible way. I am so flattered you ordered it, read it, and shared it, and that is spoke to you in the way that it did! THANK YOU SO MUCH! xoxo Mary Jo
Mary Jo, thank you. I can only imagine what a whirl-WIND of activity and conversation you must be caught up in since "STILL: The Art of Noticing" was released into the world. Thank you for taking the time to read my writing and comment. It means the world to me. All the best to you!
I’m from Corpus Christi, so I know wind as warm and humid and frizz-making, not bone chilling. If I grew up north, I could totally see hating wind.
I’ve continued to think about it and warm wind really is a different beast. I can definitely enjoy a tropical flavored breeze! Thanks for your comment!
I just discovered you through @juliegabrielli !
I so enjoyed this read. I love finding people who write on similar topics that I find endlessly fascinating. It’s especially nourishing to find kindred spirits out there. Thanks for introducing me as well to a possible new book to add to my library as well. “STILL: The Art of Noticing” 🥰 I’ve written about being still a lot. Likely because I’m such a busy body with a busy mind but stillness allows all of that wonderful space to both envelop and open us up to more softness, grounding, and creativity. Your words are so lovely and genuine. Excited to read more from you !
Thank you!
I just blew in via Julie's restack of your Alaska post (huge fan of Alaska) and your gratitude habit caught my eye. I was intrigued to read some of the reasoning for it having to do with season, which is a lot like me in my own gratitude practice. I rely on heavily due to season as well, but the opposite! I am always reluctant to face fall and winter, so my gratitudes started as a response to the chill damp effect of November on my heart. Lovely to find a kindred, and no surprise it was Julie's doing.
We have been having crazy weather here in Georgia in recent days, so this post hit home. The pictures you used sum it up very well. You are a great artist.
Well the ‘crazy’ weather is definitely part of the story. The high winds that mean big storms — Those truly scare me! Thanks for the compliments and for reading ✨
Thank you for this insight into why I have such a fraught relationship with wind! My dosha seemed to be vata-pitta when I took it years ago. But it’s true, I’ve struggled with being grounded. Which is why I so appreciate another point you make here: the many gifts of noticing. I always feel calmer and more connected after spending time with a tree or stream or moss or some other than human being. That book is gorgeous! I can see why you love it. So glad to connect here.
Thank you from another vata-pitta ;)
Meant to say - “Pilgrim At Tinker Creek” has been very special to me for a long time. When I went out on my own as an architect, I put this quote from it on my business card: “Trees bespeak a generosity of spirit.” 😊
March in Ohio ‘comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb’ so says folklore. March for me is looking at my yard watching for the gradual changes from winter to almost spring. Ephemerals slowly poke up, snow flurries, a few sunny days, wind gusts, icy rain, more sun and over and over again until mid April w/ fingers crossed finally warm spring.
I remember that about Ohio! I’ll be there in April for the solar eclipse. Hoping for some clear skies but I know there are no guarantees in Ohio in April.
March is definitely my least favorite month on Cape Cod; raw, damp, gray, cold, and yes, so so windy! I use to love wind when I was a teen. I wonder what happened. Now I like nothing better than a still, warm, sunny day.
That's awesome that you are reading Pilgrim at Tinker Creek. It's been so long since I read that!
April is so close! 🩷
Yes! Thank you for the recommendation! It’s lovely! My realization about my dislike of wind came after repeated attempts to enjoy sailing. Other people obviously love it but I’d always get back to shore feeling battered and depleted. Discernment comes with age I guess. Now it’s a joke with people who know me: she who hates wind.
sounds like you experience a bit of march madness! i love this month, its the snowiest in VT and makes for the best skiing. we call it third winter. and i always know real spring is right around the corner.
that book sounds really stunning, I'm going to check it out.
That is a perfect name for it! I try to leave town in March but couldn’t this year. I’ll keep Vermont in mind - I love winter!!!
Jessica! I am gobsmacked! This is such a beautiful review of my book. It makes me feel emotional in the best possible way. I am so flattered you ordered it, read it, and shared it, and that is spoke to you in the way that it did! THANK YOU SO MUCH! xoxo Mary Jo
Mary Jo, thank you. I can only imagine what a whirl-WIND of activity and conversation you must be caught up in since "STILL: The Art of Noticing" was released into the world. Thank you for taking the time to read my writing and comment. It means the world to me. All the best to you!