Monday Meditations

mindful practices to nourish you throughout the day and week 

Compose a haiku about protecting the health of the air we breathe.

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Good Morning!

 

Monday Meditations

mindful practices to nourish you throughout the day and week 

Stand at the base of a tree and find your own way of expressing gratitude for the breath she gave you. 

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California Sunset

 

Monday Meditations

mindful practices to nourish you throughout the day and week 

Caress a leaf. 

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Spring Arrived

 

Monday Meditations

mindful practices to nourish you throughout the day and week 

Gather three or more colorful parts of nature you see on the ground and arrange them in a pleasing way.  

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April First Dawn

Monday Meditations

mindful practices to nourish you throughout the day and week 

Spend a while outside in a favorite spot. Journal a few sentences about it. 

One Hundred Pieces for the 50-Day Project

For fifty days in a row (from late January to mid-March 2026), I quietly did a private project during which I created one hundred small stitchings. (This was my take on the 100-Day Project which I have done for many years prior to this.) 

This medium is a bit of an accomplishment for me as I have - for my entire life - carried a great distaste for sewing; I'm not skilled at it, nor do I like threading needles, knotting thread, sewing for functional purposes, or poking my fingers with the needle. 

But what I learned through this project is that I really enjoy using fabric and fiber to intuitively place a few materials together to create a whole. Many of these pieces seem to resemble landscapes; this is not surprising given my professional and personal life focus on "the inner/outer landscape."

Before crafting each piece, I would choose the fabrics, knot the fiber, and thread the needle. Then - and most importantly - I paused for a meditation to become grounded, relaxed, and to let go of any desired outcome. I also kept myself from getting too precious with each piece by: never undoing stitches, allowing unplanned knots or tangles to remain on the front side, and surrendering to the inherent goodness of whatever seemed to appear as a piece came to fruition. 

Each little square is an active meditation composed of fabric, handmade paper, yarn, thread, ribbon, and fiber waste. 

Here are the hundred swatches I created. 

 

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Sunday Majesty

Monday Meditations

mindful practices to nourish you throughout the day and week 

Find someone newly blooming outside your home.