Hey there,
School started for us this week, and while it went off with very few hitches, oh my goodness Zoom fatigue is real. Yesterday I was on for four hours, and I wanted to crawl into the fetal position when I was done.
However, I did enjoy a lovely birthday on Wednesday, treating myself to an afternoon with a book and coffee at the nearby coffee shop. Now more than ever, I savor those moments when I purposely choose not to work. My soul needed those hours to chill and just be. Highly recommended. ππ
Acrobats perform on the rooftop of the Lucerna building in Prague, Czech Republic.Β #
5 Quick Things βοΈ
1.Β Today on the pod Iβm continuing with part two of my seriesΒ about the fogginess of this fall, particularly regarding the few routines we can control.
2.Β I also continued my 2020 tradition of saying goodbye to AoS with a letter to myself in 2010 βΒ this time in tandem with my birthday this week!
3.Β βLearning plant and animal names isnβt just about daily survival or accumulating trivia. This type of commonplace knowledge can have a deeper, transformative effect on us.β
4.Β A trio of grace-filled poems written this year, in reflection of quarantine.
5.Β If you need a good laugh and/or cry. βRest assured that no matter how you respond, it wonβt matter whatsoever.β ππ
Quotable π¬
βIf you wish to become wise, learn from wise people.β
βΒ Peter Redpath
Time Machine β°
Five years ago, Emily wrote in praise of her fellow slow processors.
Elsewhere π
Have a good weekend,
xo, Tsh
p.s.Β Just a reminder: order your copy of Shadow & Light now, long before Advent, and you get a contemplative audio series and a lovely liturgical calendar wheel print.