D. moved out September 1st and so we are empty-nesters once again. He and O. make sure they drop by or text every week just to connect. They are a lovely couple, full of promise, full of respect for each other, full of love. It's a beautiful thing to witness...
D.'s room is in the process of becoming our office and the basement, where our office used to be, is becoming our fitness area. It is adjacent my sewing/crafting and ironing space and next to our TV room.
In a week, V. and I will be supervising student teachers, a six week stint that we do twice yearly. I will also be doing language testing for a few days in November. Happy to still be active in my profession. It's good for the morale and good for the brain.
True to the intentions I set upon our return from France, I started making Kombucha in July and love it. It's delicious and it's good for you. There's a whole movement centred on the benefits of fermented foods going on and I am very motivated to join in. I aim to make sauerkraut and want to start making sourdough bread in the near future.
I've been watching Joshua Weissman on Youtube and reading Elisabeth's_Humble_House and Farmhouse on Boone on Instagram for sourdough inspiration amongst other things... See them if you've not yet done so.
I'm reading Mary Pipher's Women Rowing North:
The subtitle kind of says it all. It was a while before I got into the book but it starts getting really interesting when she dedicates individual chapters to strategies for flourishing. One of my favorites is 'Building a Good Day'. We know most of this stuff but the reminder and the case studies she uses to illustrate each strategy are very useful at this time of my life.
I spoke to my friend Lucille yesterday about pursuing 'Artist dates' as coined by Julia Cameron in 'The Artist's Way'. The idea is that going out to see/hear/taste/feel beautiful things, experiences, inspiration regularly primes our creative pump. With winter coming, I want to make sure that I remain active and interested in life outside the house. For those of you who experience winter like we do in Canada, you know what I mean.
