October 2026 part 2

"As if filled with lightning bug, lit by his hope." p. 12 Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen 

"But I always think that the best way to know God is to love many things." ~ Vincent van Gogh

"Circus life under the big top world / We all need the clowns to make us smile...." Jonathan Cain

Day of the Dead (Día de Muertos)

Full moon 🌝 beautiful on the rise and the set

"Galileo" by Indigo Girls

Happy Halloween 🎃 birthday 🎂 🥳 Hana

Josh Baldwin's "Evidence" while driving to the Boro for last swim/dives of 2026 bonus: got to see Joe first listen here 

Lovely  source

Natalie Merchant "Carnival" while backing out

Oshibana is the traditional Japanese art of creating intricate compositions using pressed flowers, leaves, and other botanical elements

Psithurism: the sound of wind in the trees

Quiet way of life aligning in our favor

Reading Garden Spells again now after Reading this one:

Throat calm

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eXile's blast from the past "I Want to Kiss You All Over" July 1978

 thank you, Allison

Zwain, Hana 🥰 birthday love ❤️ 

Theo of Golden

Arrived a little late to the party, but again, as with Ted Lasso, I'm so grateful 🙏 

"But the giving is part of the gift." p. 220

Cabal of generosity p. 218

Daily with an enormous amount of faith...

Enjoying reading again, finally!

"Fado a genre that dates back to the early nineteenth century in Lisbon... infused with a sentiment of resignation,  fatefulness, and melancholia ... " p. 330

Grateful to have arrived and to

Healthy exercise in attentiveness 

 "I have tasted heaven" p. 335

Joy blooms naturally when we get out of our own way.

"Keener sense of wonder p. 219 source

Late for the Sky by Jackson Browne  listen 🎶 here

Movement of sound and silence p. 321

Neil Young "Harvest Moon" listen 🎶 here

"Ocean in a thimble" p. 320 further thoughts 

Pastiche: literary, artistic, musical, or architectural work that imitates the style of previous work

Quixotic : exceedingly idealistic, unrealistic, and impractical, often characterized by a devotion to romantic, lofty, or chivalrous goals without regard to common sense or actual constraints.

Requiebros: a Catalan word meaning "flirtatious remark; amorous compliment p. 327

"Slow movement of color... Shifted kaleidoscopically across the room." p. 355

 "The project seemed worthy of a movie." p. 218

"Unwittingly,  Mr. James Ponder and Mrs. Anita Gidley had become apprentices in the world according to Theo." p. 219

Verbivore poem: Herbivores eat Brussels sprouts, carnivores eat birds, cashivores eat dollar bills, and verbivores eat words.”

"Walked into the familiar nocturnal quiet of Broadway. " p. 335

eXtemporaneous : composed, performed, or uttered on the spur of the moment

"Zany guitar surf rock" ~ Rich Garmon 10/13/26

Early October 2026 gratitude list

Ancestry Adventuring with my cousins

Braid of truth. Being. Breathing

Cozy Comforter

Diving into the ocean is Divine

Especially when Mom is near...

Fall Foliage Wednesday and Saturday Sea

Grace

Hana : "Heaven can draw a straight line with a crooked stick." worth pondering 🤔

"In fact, I wonder if, on this side of heaven, either one can be complete without the other:

Joy can coexist with sadness... p.214 Theo of Golden by Allen Levi 💛 

Kingfishr's "Oh Love" with lyrics here

"Like A Prayer" (Madonna cover Katie Gavin) listen here

Mom

Notice

Prioritizing Peace for the Pit crew!

Quintessential Autumn in New England 

"Riparian instinct" p. 1 Theo of Golden means relating to or living on the bank of a natural body of water, such as a river, stream, or lake. Resplendence : state or quality of dazzling, brilliant, and majestic beauty or shining splendor.

"Sit still long enough to see what is already there." p. 127 Theo of Golden by Allen Levi

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"Unfettered flexibility and complete anonymity" p. 5 Theo of Golden by Allen Levi

 "Fair to You" listen with lyrics here. Beautiful 

"We are here to learn to endure the beams of love, to put down the swords, you know, and to take off the armor, because that’s when we’re at our most powerful." ~ Anne Lamott qtd.

eXquisite 

"You do the sacrament of ploppage. You plop, and you breathe, and then you look around." ~ Anne Lamott 

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Zorba's reckless love of life." p. 2 Somehow by Anne Lamott