This is one method of urban renewal...

This is what happens when creative minds are turned loose on an abandoned estate in Scotland with 70,000 litres of paint (sorry, I'm no good at converting it to gallons): a 60-second fireworks display where the fireworks are actually paint. After you watch the commercial, check this out to see how they did it. I love creativity running amok (amuck?)!

Basic Joy

Anne Bentley Waddoups

“Instructions for living a life: Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it.”

— Mary Oliver

“Be joyful though you have considered all the facts.”

— Wendell Berry

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~Change of venue~
Early this year, G & I decided to make some tweaks to our life, including selling our Andover home. We’ve loved that home and yet, on several levels and all at once, we knew this was what we needed to do. Chalk it up to a

Oh how I needed this weekend with these women. Thanks for gathering us, @akwhatcott
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#reasonstobejoyful #bostonfrienddiaspora
@tonahangen @jenniferagle @leechipman @coopriderka @karen.b.baxter

Winter beach walk at golden hour ✨

Family holiday hijinks/outings: candlepin bowling, our traditional Christmas Eve (very cold!) walk in Concord, dinner out, & Winterlights.

After Christmas days:
1-3: annual traditional Danish dinner (chefs Greg and Sam)
4 charcuterie tree
5 M & Cora
6 holiday house
7 mini lagkager

Reading:

Writing Elsewhere:

Segullah
Letters to a Parent
Nest and Launch