Misc. Photos - Fall 2008

By the way, I thought you all might enjoy this pearl from a conversation I had with Tyler a couple nights ago…

We were talking about Paul Newman and how I always loved how much he seemed to treasure his wife and that once when asked why he never strayed from her he said, “Why settle for hamburger when I have steak at home?”

I smiled as I said it, and I saw Tyler’s brain whirring and he said, “If anyone ever asked me that I’d say, ‘Why settle for steak when I have the cow at home?!’”

Yeah, I didn’t feel all mushy inside either.

I have had the best day today. Every 3 months, we at Mosaic Community Development are granted a one-day “Sabbath” day, meant to be used to restore our souls and find refreshment, amongst other things. Sometimes they take the shape of intense study and reading, sometimes they take the shape of long walks.

Since I am leaving my husband yet again tomorrow for a work trip to Miami (and driving over 24 hours both ways in a packed mini-van), today I took a Sabbath to get my head in the right place.

It was great.

I woke up at 9, drove to my parents’ house and played their piano for a few hours, drove back home and worked on some art/drawing, listened to classical music, read a teeny bit, took a bubble bath (I’m sorry if that’s too much information), and got an email from my sister-in-law telling me about a huge fantastic makeup sale online where stuff is going for $1 - so I ordered a ton. What a lovely Sabbath day of doing things that bring my soul peace and rest (not necessarily including the makeup…but not necessarily excluding it).

Speaking of similar things, I recently wrote a “prayer”/update letter for MCD and wanted to post the link to it here in case you are interested in what I have been learning in the past few months.

Viva Sabbath!

I finally put some of my photography into the art show at my workplace. Even though I had almost no time to pick the pictures out because my computer crashed, I had to drive in the rain to go get the right ink for the printer, and nothing was coming out quite right, I’d say my first official showing went okay. Someday I’d love to have a portfolio and showcase some of the pictures I’ve taken around the world in a more official and artistic manner, but for now, I’ll make do.