Sagetribe- Adventures From Our Village

Sunday Still Life

Sunday Still Life is an evolving mindfulness project; an weekly invitation to pause the busy of our days, to re-center and celebrate the beauty and depth of life. 

This girl- this "I DON'T HAVE TO!" girl- is busy with Mama's mascara, toilet bowl cleaner (thank God for chemical free), frozen chocolate chips (OH YES, she's found my stash), sips of coffee, and other things that give us all a fright and a sigh, and many quiet moments of reflection (aka: time outs) for everyone involved. 

This girl is keeping the big guy and I quite busy because we obviously can't be busy when she's around. We need to be right there- in the moment- with her, and really, where else in the world would we rather be.

I'm hearing and seeing quiet and loud signs that we need to SLOW DOWN...

These kids of ours are truly the best teachers. 

Sunday Still Life

Sunday Still Life, at Erin's exhale.return to center, is an evolving mindfulness project; an weekly invitation to pause the busy of our days, to re-center and celebrate the beauty and depth of life.

We're celebrating a big day with family, friends, food, and lots of silly children putting on Karate shows.

We're hunting for snakes in the woods, dodging rain showers, and eating at our favorite place to eat, other than home. 

We're missing our farmer's market morning and Sunday hike, but know that they will return next week and this weekend good things replaced them.

I'm spending a little bit too much time this weekend working, but this will end soon. Oh yes, six weeks soon!

Sunday Still Life

Sunday Still Life is an evolving mindfulness project; an weekly invitation to pause the busy of our days, to re-center and celebrate the beauty and depth of life. 

"Look at the trees, look at the birds, look at the clouds, look at the stars... 

and if you have eyes you will be able to see that the whole existence is joyful.  

Everything is simply happy.  

Trees are happy for no reason; they are not going to become prime ministers or presidents and they are not going to become rich and they will never have any bank balance. 

 Look at the flowers - for no reason. 

It is simply unbelievable how happy flowers are."  

~Osho

Sunday Still Life

Sunday Still Life is an evolving photography project with Erin at exhale, return to center; an weekly invitation to pause the busy of our days, to re-center and celebrate the beauty and depth of life. 

- a morning spent with just the kids

-a morning I let the phone be dead and didn't turn on the computer

-daily bread making with the girl, in birthday hats of course!

-trains, crafts, we MUST go outside time (yes, even in the cold), chase, swings, frisbees 

-buttermilk biscuits from scratch (again with my girl)- we do love our carbs!

another lovely Sunday!

Sunday Still Life

"Sunday Still Life is an evolving photography project at exhale: return to center; an weekly invitation to pause the busy of our days, to re-center and celebrate the beauty and depth of life. 

-recouping from bugs and colds and gross things

-spending morning time making good things from scratch

-grocery shopping and chatting with my girl and being under budget!

-remembering how much I get done and how much I enjoy grading in a busy coffee shop with something warm next to me

Happy Sunday and new week to all!

Sunday Still Life

"Sunday Still Life is an evolving photography project; an weekly invitation to pause the busy of our days, to re-center and celebrate the beauty and depth of life." 

We're painting bird houses with bright colors- blending and mixing. We're staying in because it's too cold to hike, so bikes are zooming around the basement instead. New meals are simmering thanks to Heather's wonderful Whole Food Kitchen, and sinus infections are clearing up, making our girl, our girl again. 

Mama's sniffling under blankets, but has the big guy to lead the way. 

Oh how we look forward to you, Sunday!

Sunday Still Life

Sunday Still Life is an evolving photography project; a weekly invitation to pause the busy of our days, to re-center and celebrate the beauty and depth of life.

 

Sunday hiking (AGAIN- maybe routine- I hope!) with good friends + "I take a splash" (ie: falling into the lake) + Dad's sweatshirt + pb with honey= A mostly lovely way to get out and be together!

Sunday Unplugged

Recently I found Heather from beauty that moves and Unplugged Sunday- both these blogs are filled with all the things I love- chats about moving simply and being joyful. Reading through them each couple of days just makes you feel ahhh....

Unplugged Sunday- (name says it all) got me thinking. Even though we don't have cable or really TV for that matter (except Netflix through the Wii- watched maybe 30 minutes a day), Clark and I do have Smart Phones, Facebook, this blog, endless emails, work, research, and it all adds up to too much time in front of a screen. 

Yesterday was our first "Unplugged Sunday"- With the exception of two quick phone calls and a check of the forecast, we spent the day without checking our phones or emails. The kids pleas to watch their two cartoons with breakfast were quickly forgotten, and they moved on to legos and making thank you cards. 

And Clark and I couldn't make excuses to them or each other as to why we needed to go off and work. Our work requires computers.

The best part of the day though- by far- was what being unplugged allowed us to have time for.

- 1 1/2 hours of hiking with good friends, crossing creeks, climbing muddy banks, throwing rocks into waterfalls, and exploring hollow trees.

Unplugged- this mama could do it everyday. Not possible right now, but Sundays are going to have a whole new routine. 

Sunday Still Life

Sunday Still Life is an evolving photography project at exhale: return to center; an weekly invitation to pause the busy of our days, to re-center and celebrate the beauty and depth of life. 

I made this lovely friend Thursday, and it's of course long gone, which means I must make time tomorrow to mix and let it rest, to knead (barely- I love this recipe) and let it rest, and bake it, and let it rest. 

Perhaps I need to take a lesson from our weekly bread...

This weekend I ran (walked while breathing way to heavily for a 33 year old) a 5K and found that later in the day there really was no way my body, despite more coffee and mental protests, was going to stay awake. 

So I caved and napped, which always feels like a waste of time, especially on weekends, because there is so much I want to do, or need to do, or feel is a must. 

But rest I did.

Then I went out for a girl's night with wine and makeovers and more wine. 

And today, rest was again needed. 

Rest, tea parties, painting, play-dough (a new love of Miss. S), and sure it was laying on the couch while children climbed on me rest, but it was rest. 

I'm still in need of more. 

There is no homemade bread for the week. 

But tomorrow, there will be and while it's resting, so will I.

And unlike my bread, I do need it A LOT, and it's OK that I do.

It really is OK! 

Sunday Still Life

"Sunday Still Life, created by Erin Goodman, is an evolving photo project; an invitation to explore the beauty and depth of life through traditional still life composition and/or photos and words to evoke inner stillness and reflection."

This week and next, we are only able to chat and be with the big guy through a screen. He's busy- researching, befriending, listening, recording- he's busy doing the things he loves, where he loves to be. 

Lucky for us, he also loves to be home, and home he will be heading in the days to come. 

Lucky for us, we also have a Pop and a Mimi, who are putting in major grandparent bonus hours, working extra hard to help this mama stay sane. 

Lucky, yes, so very much so!