Welcome to Litsy!

❤️ I got to visit with my niece (and sister and bro-in-law) this week! (Sorry for the sticker on her face, but #notmybaby)
🤎 Family hike at Al Quaal
🧡 A visit to Lakenenland, our local sculpture park (https://lakenenland.com/)
💛 Local book haul
💚 MisterInBlue and the Familiars

#5joysfriday @DebinHawaii

#5JoysFriday:

1. My sister & niece visiting
2. My sweet grand-niece hanging out with my dad and showing off how she can count to ten
3. This amazing granola I made: https://www.seriouseats.com/eleven-madison-park-granola-salty-recipe
4. Listening to this pre-release album: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/andrewpeterson/andrew-peterson-presents-the...
5. Beauty from Veronica in the Fens and autumn vibes from Frog & Toad

#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii

I look forward to looking back each Friday and seeing others‘ joy popping up here. ❤️🥰
1. Lots of walks despite the heat
2. Kevin
3. Making solstice flower wreaths and attending a sound bath and meditation with a friend - silly fun
4. A purple cone flower I replanted from my mom‘s garden has returned! 💪🏻
5. Strawberry Spoon Cake from NYT easy & delicious!!

Tagging @JenReadsAlot @Kshakal @dabbe

This book also introduced me to the concept of the baby Buddha, and it‘s just beyond adorable. It‘s an internet rabbit hole of adorableness!
#KyotaKo #FolkTalesOfJapan #BabyBuddha #Buddha #Buddhism #Japan

#PoetryMatters @TheSpineView
#Dream

#5JoysFriday

1) Daffodils, sunshine & fresh air
2) Seeing the most spectacular double rainbow of my life. I wish my pic was better.
3) The distraction of #LitsyTOB
4) Mammogram done, last Pap Smear of my life done! Measles antibody test done. All good news!
5) Pippin. Thankfull for goofy puppy play & evening snuggles.

Folks, I am TIRED! For whatever reason, exacerbated by lack of sleep, I‘m feeling the weight of it all today. Your joys help! 🩵

Book isn‘t yet in our system: The Rain People by Jin Bo, Yi Yusun (illustrator)

“As a boy sits alone watching spring's first rainfall, he sees that the drops are turning into tiny people, who invite him to join them.”

Lovely book! I‘m not an art expert but I think the art is watercolor. The short of it is the boy joins the Rain People to enter the River of Sorrow and when they do life is restored to the land. This could be from Chinese folklore.

#DayDevotedTo #Kindness
“Be kinder to yourself. And let your kindness flood the world.”

#5JoysFriday

1) Public Libraries! My book stack! 📚💳
2) started school- love my students!🏫📝🔔
3) Got New Covid 19 vaccine- cause I am with students again! 🦠
4) Inherited my mother‘s “ hammer toes” so can only wear certain shoe brands- my new back to school shoes!!!!👟 🥿
5)Poe & Em 😻😻

One might think I‘m a Buddhist by how often I read/listen to Buddhist texts and related topics. I‘m not. But I find a lot about Buddhism lines up with my personal philosophies. Or, at least, how I imagine my personal philosophies.

Meditation in Action is very accessible. I was able to follow along while working, and while not everything is new to me here, Trungpa is able to frame it in a way that makes it seem new. Def recommend for beginners.