I Am A Rock, I Am An Island

A glimpse of my Sunday evening: in my peaceful place and my comfy clothes, with my zone-out tunes. I hung out 'til it got dark, contemplated for a while. Then I came home, ate ice cream and watched 4ish documentaries. It was sorta perfect. Awesomely calm.

After working for a sixteen day stretch, this was the perfect way to unwind. The weather finally cleared up and left New York with a gorgeous Sunday and Memorial Day. I hope you had a chance to get outside and enjoy yours!

80 Degrees in April

Today I head a few miles away to Manor Park to lounge on some rocks overlooking the sound. I got a few pages into Women Who Run With The Wolves before I started sweating to death and worrying about getting a sunburn.

"Once women have lost her and then found her again, they will contend to keep her for good. Once they have regained her, they will fight and fight hard to keep her, for with her their creative lives blossom; their relationships gain meaning and depth and health; their cycles of sexuality, creativity, work, and play are reestablished; they are no longer marks for the predations of others; they are entitled equally under the laws of nature to grow and thrive. Now their end-of-the-day fatigue comes from satisfying work and endeavors, not from being shut up in too small a mindset, job, or relationship. They know instinctively when things must die and when things must live; they know how to walk away, they know how to stay." - Clarissa Pinkola Estés

I also made a few totem animal connections today. I'll look into their messages and share what I find soon.
Were you lucky to experience any unseasonably warm weather today?

Early Spring Randomness

It's been stunningly gorgeous (77 degrees right now!) in New York the past few weeks. As someone who lives for snowstorms and ski days, my heart's been broken over the fact that we basically skipped over winter this year. However, I can't deny the awesomeness of the early blooms we've got going on:

An intense dart hangover yesterday drained me of any energy I'd had to write a "Wanderlusty Wednesday" post. My 26 year old body doesn't deal with the after affects of 6 beers and 3 shots as effortlessly as it used to - but it made for hysterical anecdotes from Ej when he got home from work last night (I wish I'd gotten some video of him showing me my "I've got to pee so bad but don't want to get up and walk to the bathroom" writhing. I'm a moron.)

As I didn't, and that's not something wanderlusty or that I truly dig, I think this timelapse video should suffice:

I had such a good time making this after enjoying a couple hours on "my" rock on the Long Island Sound. I've frequented Manor Park for over a decade. I stop by to enjoy the sun, think, write, listen to music, hang with friends, (or avoid class when I was living home during college and mom would wake me up and send me on my way in the morning). After a few minutes, I'm completely at peace. While I'm no longer a bit relgious, if I were to have an altar, this rock would be it.

Oh! Also, my new belt came from Gypsy Warrior today. When I saw it in Laura's post the other day, I melted. It's so perfectly bohemian. I can't wait to wear it.

(via: violetbellasworld)

What are you digging these days?