My usual habit for many years was to rise about 7am and hit the ground running. But lately I have found myself working late into the night and sleeping later in the morning. Not a bad thing. The quality of the rest is still good. The length of rest is appropriate.
But I am missing the sunrise and that needs to change.
I caught it a bit this morning but not the full glory that is an Appalachian winter sunrise. There’s much to learn in studying the clouds and checking the wind patterns. And there is much joy in hearing the day birds put on their work boots and get to it.
My continued exploration of homeliness continued yesterday with temple cleaning and tidying and continued last night with a massive cooking binge. A longtime member of our community is home-bound for a while as she heals and today is the day to visit and bring food. My fridge has small containers of all sorts of edibles and I tried to be aware of healthy foods for her healing body. Though, to be honest, I do think there’s a healing quality in macaroni and cheese, so there’s some in there, too.
That’s homely–that flotilla of recyclable containers–so let’s add in the magical piece of it, too. With every stirring and with every burp of those lids, I added in a spell for wellness. And a prayer for a better 2016 than she had in 2015.
That’s my wish for us all.
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