Stasia's Place Of Grace

Friday, September 20, 2002

 

Today's Gratitude

Today I'm grateful for...

• The fact that the wonderful Sandy Sitzman of Woolgatherings is going to be able to duplicate her roving on page 25 of "The Twisted Sister Sock Workbook" for me - I will be able to spin "Monet socks" like in the book! (Well, maybe... we'll see how I do!)

  Did I mention her Happy Socks kits rovings are on sale - buy one and get the second at half price? I got the "Sunrise" colorway for my second pair... on her Sock Kits page, you have to scroll all the way down to see all the colorways, but she takes special orders, too!

• For Panera's hazelnut coffee and giant cinnamon rolls. I like that if you keep your receipt and then fill out their online survey, they give you a code for a $1 discount on your next sandwich there. We go once a week, for our regular Sunday "date" with Grandpa, so that comes in handy.

• For Nippon-Kodo incense. At their site you'll find "gourmet" aged incense on a par with single malt Scotches or Cuban cigars. But I like the plain, inexpensive Rosewood. There's something about incense on a rainy day... and this isn't the sickeningly sweet and flowery stuff you'd find at those weird mall shops with the lava lamps and disco balls.

  I like the pinyon incense from Incienso De Santa Fe, too - but be forewarned, it makes a lot of smoke! They have a great sampler box with a little burner included and it's quite inexpensive.

  The New Mexico Pinon Company offers actual, safely-harvested Pinyon and Juniper chimenea wood. The smell is unbelievable, it is long-burning, and there's nothing like it in a little firepit or chimenea, with a glass of wine, some friends, and a Native American flute to toot upon... my favorite way to spend a late-summer evening! Prices include shipping.

  Isn't having a sense of smell, to notice all these woodburning scents, just the greatest? And let's not forget the smell of burning leaves! I love to smell smokey scents (Lapsang Souchong tea, anyone? It's great with smoked salmon and cream cheese tea sandwiches on bagels!) and watch as the gray wisps rise upward, carrying our hopes and prayers visibly along.

• Speaking of rainy days, I'm thankful that we've had a few of them - and now a brisk, cool (but not at all chilling) breeze today. It makes the world seem all brand, spankin' fresh, like it just got back from the laundry.

• The Romantic Hours radio show with Mona Golabek. Beautiful classical music interspersed with poetry. My favorite so far was the Elizabethan-themed show, in which they played a Volta that Queen Elizabeth I might have danced to, and read poetry by John Donne. Listening to "The Romantic Hours" is a wonderful way to spend a rainy evening, alone or with your sweetie.

  Ooooh, September 30th (or thereabouts - possibly up to a week later) the theme will be "Dark Love (including the words of Bram Stoker, Le Fanu, Poe, and Balzac)".

  Check the link to find out when the show airs in your location.

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Today...

Today I am just enjoying the coming of fall: noticing the weather; appreciating the change in seasons; watching leaves fall in spirals in the wind, and masses of little, yellow butterflies rise in spirals from the late-blooming wildflowers (it's like being in Disney's "Fantasia"!); thinking about how to make little changes in the decoration of the house to celebrate the season (changing to an autumn flag outside, putting out some Halloween decorations inside); and keeping company with some candles which are lit for my friends in emotional, spiritual, and physical need.

I hope you are having a peaceful day, too!

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