Thankful for Simple Gifts

Simple gifts I'm thankful for this season:

More serranos and jalapenos than I honestly want to think about- abundance gathered before the first freeze.

Jars of pickled peppers- some for eating, others to be given as gifts.

eucalyptus and bay trees brought inside for winter- outside in, freshening the air, brightening the home

citrus in bloom, despite grasshopper ravaged foliage- sweetly scenting the house

 

ginger infused honey on the windowsill- both seasonal relief, and tasty treat

leaves for the Thanksgiving Tree, to be signed with thoughts of gratitude and hung on simple branches- counting gifts of grace

I will give thanks to you, Lord, with all my heart;
    I will tell of all your wonderful deeds.
2 I will be glad and rejoice in you;
    I will sing the praises of your name, O Most High.  Psalm 9:1-3

What are you giving thanks for this season?

Return to Simplicity

2013 is my year of Return.

A return to the life I desire to live.

A life of simplicity; with less muchness and manyness, and more simply being.

Last year was busy.  Crazy busy, good busy mostly; but the busyness of last year sent my simple life spinning in too many directions for sanity.  

As I prayed and pondered about the new year, the word RETURN kept surfacing.

And as I've meditated on it, I realize that is exactly what I need- a return to simplicity.

Less doing and more being.

Less going and more staying.

Less working and more praying.

I also plan a return to writing regularly in this space.  I've missed being here ...

Happy Weekend!