...one day i decided...

I once had a garden filled with flowers that grew only on dark thoughts

 but they need constant attention & one day I decided I had better things to do.

~storypeople

this flower.

just decided to grow.

in the yard.

it makes my heart smile.

may you find the same contentment.

that this little flower.

brings me.

just BE.

robin.

...7.27.14...

There are your fog people & your sun people, he said. I said I wasn't sure which kind I was. He nodded. Fog'll do that to you, he said.

~storypeple

fog.

in july.

i believe the month is confused.

with september.

but then again.

fog will do that to you.

welcome to coffee hour.

welcome to this Sunday morning.

just BE.

robin.

...7.20.14...

 a new addition to the neighborhood association. my mom's "lilla huset" Swedish for "little house"

For all the thousand things we do in the world,

 I love it best when we sit in the sunlight together,

 smiling quietly with the knowing that here is the perfect place to be.

~storypeople

my gardens.

a mixture of annuals.

and wildflowers.

mixed together.

in a chaos.

that makes sense to me.

enjoy the moments.

here is the perfect place to be.

welcome to coffee hour.

welcome to this Sunday morning.

just BE.

robin.

...and then go out and do that...

don't ask yourself 

what the world needs

ask yourself what makes

you come alive

and then go out and do that

because what the world needs

is people who can come alive

- Harold Thurman Whitman.

my little corner.

of heaven.

summer in full swing.

evening shadows.

makes enjoying the moments.

easy.

light + objects=shadows

just BE.

robin.

...7.13.14...

what if?

welcome to coffee hour.

welcome to this Sunday morning.

just BE.

robin.

...into the world we go...

Today let’s focus less on what we want and more on what we have;

 less on our mistakes and setbacks and more on our potential.

 And finally let’s do our best to spend less time in our heads

 and more time in our hearts

. And with that, into the world we go!

 Begin with Yes
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soft, subtle.

evening shadows.

the sun shining.

through the big dandelion.

it catches my eye.

and i hear it.

whispering.

i am here.

i am still beautiful.

breathe me in.

light + objects=shadows

enjoy the moments.

just BE.

robin.

...7.6.14...

Moms come in all shapes & sizes, 

but they're pretty easy to recognize because

 they're the ones who teach you stuff all the time

 about how to be in the world & sometimes that sounds a lot like:

 chew with your mouth closed, sit still. stand up straight, be polite, Look them in the eye

. & sometimes it seems like that sort of thing doesn't add up to a whole lot. 

Until the day you feel the soft ache of love in your heart that makes you take care with a friend

 who hurts or when you look in a stranger's tired eyes & you stop & smile.

 Or when you listen to the ABC song for the thousandth time & you laugh & say 'again'

 & suddenly you understand that is the real thing moms do & it adds up to the whole world. 

~storypeople

i agree.

welcome to coffee hour.

welcome to this Sunday morning.

just BE.

robin.

...the gift of you...

when you start to crack open,

don't waste a moment gathering

your old self up into something

like you've known before. let your

new self splash like sunlight

into every dark place & laugh

& cry & make sounds you never made

and thank all that is holy for

the gift, because now you have

 no choice but to let all your

 love spill out into the world.

StoryPeople by Brian Andreas

i have been off this week.

i don't want to go back.

where oh where.

is my magic fairy.

light + objects=shadows

enjoy the moments.

just BE.

robin.