Solstice!

The longest day of the year and I am loving it!

Woke early, watered the plants deeply so they can soak up all the rays without passing out.

... and what better way to celebrate the sun than to hang all my clean laundry out to dry? Everything was almost dry before noon.

Showed lots of skin to let my body make all the D it needs.

Now an afternoon of providing bodywork and practicing yoga.

Thank you, sun, for shining today.

coming back to natural

For about eight years I used to pluck my eyebrows veryvery thin, creating an arch that always said, "oh yeah?"

Now I only shape them the tiniest bit, allowing my face to express itself in a fuller and more natural form.

The funny thing is that they don't grow back all the way. I can still see the sassy teenager and early twentysomething saying, "I can create myself into whatever I want!"

That is part of me too, part of my natural history, visible in layers.

Coming back to our true selves can take a long time, and it bring scars and changes that we integrate in to the new normal.