Quotes from the Classics: June
Happy Solstice, everyone! We’re really in the swing of it now! If you’re in the northern hemisphere, you know all the people are doing all the things. Air conditioners are running full speed even as we venture out to birthday parties, barbecues, and lakeside picnics. It can be so fun and it can also be uber exhausting if we don't pace ourselves. If you’re like me, you can benefit greatly from saying yes to things that light you up AND the most beautiful no you can muster to things that don’t. See my May post for more on that. I don’t always get it right but when I come close, I’m able to enjoy this season of full bloom so much better!
Tea Time
“No matter where you are in the world, you are at home when tea is served.” — Earlene Grey
Y’all, I have very few rituals that don’t involve tea. I work, pray, meditate, journal, create, and have my deepest conversations with tea; and when I stopped drinking alcohol (IKR), I doubled down on my favorite herbal infusions. In short, tea drinking is my jam. The steam coming off a piping hot cup instantly creates space for me to breathe for a moment. Join me! Here are some tips to make the most of your tea time...
Quotes from the Classics: May
We are in full swing, folks! The showers did in fact bring flowers and maybe some frenzy too. May showcases full-on evidence that we are alive - the bustle, the to and fro, the busy. There are coffee dates to be had, lighter clothes to pull out of storage, and plenty of weeds to pull and while I agree wholeheartedly with Wayne Dyer - “the difference between a flower and a weed is a judgment,” - I still spent three hours last week searching for lettuce and carrot sprouts.
We’re here, we’re alive, we’re excited AND we’re down on the ground, tending, sometimes taxed, and day-to-daying too. If you’re like me (the most introvertive extrovert any of you know), you couldn’t be more pleased about the sunshine and you might also be secretly dreading that dinner party or missing those quiet evenings of journaling and reflection. What a conundrum.