Monday, July 29, 2013

a long way to go...



I tell you that I have a long way to go before I am—where one begins….
You are so young, so before all beginning, and I want to beg you, as much as I can, to be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and to try to love the questionsthemselves like locked rooms and like books that are written in a very foreign tongue. Do not now seek the answers, which cannot be given you because you would not be able to live them. And the point is, to live everything. Live the questions now. Perhaps you will then gradually, without noticing it, live along some distant day into the answer.
Resolve to be always beginning—to be a beginner

 this poem was recited at our wedding over 13 years ago...and i find myself coming back to it again and again...for true words are wonderful to find...and my work resonates with this mantra...gotta love Rilke's Letters on Love...  
all work shown herein will be available for purchase in my wee shop within the next 2 days
how you doing over there in your neck of the wonderful woods?
i hope summer is treating  you most kindly...

Tuesday, July 23, 2013

soft and tough...

do you think of yourself as pretty tough? 
i do...
sometimes you just have to be in life, love and everyday existence...
however, it's also pretty cool to be soft...in so many ways as well...practicing softness makes for peace and calm within the tough spots.
soft and tough...
those are pretty good traits to possess...don't you think?


so here you have it lovely, fine friends...it's the soft and tough designs, I guess you could say...
busy hands over here...
hoping you are enjoying these long days of summer and doing all that you enjoy with those you love.
go gently
kelly

Saturday, July 20, 2013

Lake love...



 Just back from a most quiet and relaxing visit to a lake...now, this may sound quite simple and just plain matter of fact...but truth be told, that ever since I was a wee young gal going to summer camp, I had not been to a lake since roughly the age of 13...and my, it is quite clear to me now, that a good lake can do wonders for the mind and soul.







Paddling around in the still calm of crystal waters, nothing on the mind except making it to the little deserted alcove beach...warm sun on my back, collecting sticks and rocks with young ones and sipping cool drinks as the sun goes down...


long walks and chats with a woman so dear, one and only sister love...journaling and planning future goals...indeed, this was a good time.
Hoping your summer is divine.

Friday, July 12, 2013

strength building...



well, i would delight in elaborating on weight training and extensive aerobic exercise to follow through on the above blog title...however, sometimes life, itself, as you well know, is just a plain old simple strength builder...
so far in the last month, the dishwasher took a dive, my windshield was hit by a catapulting rock on the highway and the crack  is now spreading like a wild snake which will need replacement, which of course, is not a simple fix/remedy, given that the antennae, is for some strange reason, built into the glass in vehicles designed and built in the UK...then there was the fact that the brakes went out on said auto, and the price to fix is lending thought to purchasing a new means of transportation all together (although I love my girl on wheels)...hmmm, then there is summer, as lovely and dreamy as it can be at times, it is draining and overwhelming at times as well, since we limit techie time over here, it makes for getting anything or everything done very minimal...all good...but sometimes frustrating as well...so i like to think i am building strength..but mostly i am just trying to find it...bottom line.
i know i know, gratitude and appreciation...i do practice both, just sometimes it's nice to vent a tad bit...so thank you for listening...
how you doing over there? 


Thursday, July 11, 2013

friendly reminder...


whenever, wherever and however you can...
hoping your summer is filled with warm sunlight and the sound of footsteps running free...