The September Love List
The end of September means our trip to Woodstock has come and gone, further deepening our love of this place and desire to be there.
Re-entry was difficult, after focusing for a year to make this trip happen. It was over far too quickly. We have friends there who we didn’t even see; we honestly felt so wrecked on every level when we first arrived, it took a week for us to feel like our feet were on the ground.
It’s all a blur, but we did hear some good and gentle music in the beer garden at the Colony, visited the Roosevelt homes, and walked nightly through the artist’s cemetery. It is such a beautiful thing to look down at a grave marker with a person’s name and the simple word POET, because being an artist not only a valid, but honorable way to be a human.
Sitting the in the artist’s cemetery reminded me that some of us just aren’t mainstream corporate success-type people and that’s not a failing on our part, it’s just who we are. Obviously, this is not new news to me, but it felt good to be in a place where I don’t feel so out of place, because of my age, my essence, or my occupation.
Links I Loved This Month:
Don’t you dare rake your leaves this fall
We met Laurie Ylvisaker at Little Apple. She was lovely.
We also met Clark Strand…in his driveway as he was collecting his mail. He was lovely.
We also met Shiv Mirabito. Also Lovely.
I’m grateful that we’ve moved through the Autumnal Equinox, into the part of the year I love, but projected highs near 90 the first week of October truly freak me out. I have retrieved my Halloween mugs from storage and I’m stringing up the orange and purple lights in an attempt to beckon the cooler temperatures.
In recent weeks/months, I’ve been disconnected from painting, but I just received a shipment of paint, and I’m feeling good about getting back to the canvas even though it feels a little clunky at the moment.
Beneath the glow of this fiery full moon, I am looking at ways to restructure my days for well-being, shifting habits, honing my focus, loosing my grip on whatever needs to fall away.
Here’s to 👻 spooky season 👻
Have you started working on your costume?
Thank you, September.
October. Here we go…
xoxo,
Lori-Lyn