"The quality of life is in proportion, always, to the capacity for delight. The capacity for delight is the gift of paying attention."

– Julia Cameron, The Artist's Way

Watching the Artemis II crew returning to earth. Praying for a safe landing!

What an incredible shot of earth taken by astronaut Reid Wiseman from the Orion 95,000 miles away!

Finished Marilynne Robinson's Home today. Such a beautiful, heartbreaking, and hopeful story. It contains that quality of bright sadness. The novel stirred up my own thoughts and questions about home. I wrote about them here.

Starting The Artist's Way today with a good friend for quarter two. It's like a 12-steps program over 12 weeks for those who want to connect again to that creative part of themselves. I'm looking forward to the challenge!

I'm about 90% done with Home by Marilynne Robinson. It's such a beautiful book. "Can a person ever change?" is the question underlying the whole narrative and I'm loving it. All the characters & conversations feel so real and honest. Grateful for this story.

There's something good and nostalgic about hanging clothes on a clothesline. Felt good to do today.

Jess Ray released a new song today. It's very good. The writing, the mix, the melody, the feel and message. Grateful for artists like her and songs like this: Find My Way Back.

George MacDonald on inspiration. You can't control when it happens, but through silence and stillness you can practice being ready to meet it when it arrives. It's like waiting for the stars to show themselves.

“Weary or bitter or bewildered as we may be, God is faithful. He lets us wander so we will know what it means to come home.”

– Marilynne Robinson, Home

Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron is such a beautiful movie. Watched it for the first time in a long time. At one point, when Spirit was placed on the train and feeling low, and Bryan Adams is singing the melancholy "Sound the Bugle", me, my wife, and my three year old son were tearing up. The longing for Home stirred in all of us deeply. The animation (wish we did more animation like this movie these days), the storyline, the pacing (perfectly done), the film score (Hans Zimmer, of course!) – all so good and beautiful! 10/10.

Could relate a lot to this poem "Bags" (see full poem at link) by Brian Bilston (@brianbilston.bsky.social) cleaning the garage yesterday.

you had bags of bags

in your bags
you kept more bags...

Those grocery store bags are good for storing grocery store bags. Brian knows.

Really looking forward to this upcoming @pagecord.com → @obsidian.md feature! https://olly.world/obsidian-pagecord

Testing out Pagecord. I like the simplicity of design and ease of use so far.