Grace in Small Things: Sunday Edition #133

1. The ability to take short but decadent breaks in a hot bath with coffee and a kitty
2. The dinner party we hosted for the first time after 12 years of being married that was populated by artists and writers and speakers, and why haven't we done this sooner?!
3. Smelling a freshly opened, new tube of mascara
4. Mud, because it means that the temperature is above freezing, finally
5. The cake I am going to sneak for a late breakfast

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Grace in Small Things: Sunday Edition #132

1. That deeply serious face Oskar, the black cat in front, puts on, because he is deeply serious about most everything there is
2. There is finally sun in the morning!
3. Taking a basic pancakes recipe and turning it into a savoury Balkan yogurt, bacon, and caramelized onions pancakes recipe
4. The small town dinner theatre I went to in Craven, Saskatchewan last night with my friend, Sabrina, where we watched a friend work it on stage
5. The Palinode's regular foot massages, which make me momentarily forget this brutal cold I am slogging through

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Grace in Small Things: Sunday Edition #131

Patti Smith: Advice to the young from Louisiana Channel on Vimeo.

1. Patti Smith, who reminds me to listen to my heart
2. That I miss the Palinode so much when I travel without him
3. Bananas
4. Writing my Ed Norton Fantasy Poems series, because it helps to remind me that it's not all heavy
5. Feeling seen

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