Et Cetera (etc.) translates from Latin to “and others” or “and the rest.”
Et Cetera is an ALL DAY feature with a list of things I love & inspiration from my life lately.
Re-reading: Jane Kenyon’s The Boat of Quiet Hours (this is where the gravyboat comes in, and it’s good, it’s really really good), The Asking by Jane Hirshfield, Refusing Heaven by Jack Gilbert, The Ends of the Earth, a book of essays by W.S. Merwin, and Notes on the Need for Beauty by J. Ruth Gendler (which is one of my very very favorite books).
I just got this book recently too, and love it as I get back into my garden. I love gardening so much because it’s reciprocal and symbiotic, and the transformation inspires me both symbolically and physically. Do you keep a garden? I have flowers, vegetables, fruit trees, and bushes growing. I’ve always known I’d have a big, wild garden, one that can be unkempt and also loves attention. I’m still far from the ultimate vision, but I love where I am with my garden right now, too. Both/and.
Teaching: a poetry workshop online this month with WritingWorkshops.com, and I’m thrilled about it! I feel like I’m exactly where I’m supposed to be right now. I decided to teach the class again in August. If you couldn’t join us now, I hope you can join us then! It feels like all the things I’m most interested in are woven together. We are enjoying ourselves.
The Every Day:
How Honing the Craft of Image Brings Alive the Poem
Loving: this new kitten named Pearl1 Izumi2 Wayland. Isn’t she a peach?
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