the goods: list 28

• winning Owl. lucky, lucky, blessed, blessed me. thank you for this offering, dear Pixie.
• waking sunday & simply feeling lighter & lightFULL.
• my friendship with K. she is one of the beauties i connected with fire*side at Squam Art Workshops in september. K. lives nearby. how did i/we get to be so very lucky? she is generous, wise, thoughtful, brave, talented...
• Rose Cousins. K. & i went to see her perform on sunday night. soulful, playful & inspiring. there was even a My Little Pony Cheerilee on stage with her ~ such fun! thank you, Jen Lee, for introducing us to her music.
• a visit from t. hours spent at the kitchen table. a late afternoon walk & a walk to dinner. receiving her latest cd (early! the cd release party is december 9th.). thinking of these words: "being unapologetically me."
• another Skype date with ab. such a treat to be a part of her 365 self-portrait challenge on flickr & to chat about hope*fully/yes*fully seeing her this winter!
• celebrating another friend's great leap into the unknown. it's wonder*full to have partners in the leaping!
• Heidi Swanson's photography.
• sending out 26 notes of gratitude.
• gathering with six other women at our monthly local Mondo Beyondo meet-up. sitting around a candlelit table sipping glasses of water & red wine. enjoying warming-in-every-way soup, salad & bread. "retiring to the living area" & reading to one another (this & more): David Sedaris; Patti Digh; Alice Walker; Edith Wharton; Vicki Forman; and, Shel Silverstein. i heart these gatherings.
• exploring The Pioneer Woman per A.'s recommendation. thank you, A.!
• a harvest meal at our home this saturday evening with at least 10 lovely beams of light. on the menu: turkey, gluten-free orange cornbread stuffing, soup, greens, roasted squash & sweet potatoes, brussels sprouts & gluten-free pumpkin bread.
• my inHERview with Susan Tuttle. read it here.