one, TALL sky
December 5, 2009
It’s dark and still in the house. Flames are dancing wildly in the wood stove and a tea candle is dim on the altar. Oatmeal-raisin-walnut-chocolate-chip cookies are still warm on the stove and in my belly. Tulsi’s sweet sleeping breath is just a few feet away. I can see a giant moon creeping up over the dark mountain ridge; it’s glow will soon spill into our little house and cast grand shadows on the walls of an angel, a canopy of enormous, pear-shaped leaves, and a chicken man on a stove pipe. It is frigid outside and snow-covered, but it’s cozy in here. I am free floating in random circles and sways in the hammock while I type. Per Tulsi’s request, we recently traded out our rocking chair for a hammock, and I love it.
I appreciate the comments on my last post. Thank you, for honoring my Grandma’s life, too.
I’ve been feeling quiet this week; new fallen snow will do that to a person’s mind, especially here in the mountains. I feel reflective with the end of another year (and another book). I’ve been letting my head empty so new ideas can fly in, and there will be space for them to come to life.
I am addicted to the shaky stillness I sense when staring into the middle of a clear, deep New Mexico sky; a dizzy excitement of not knowing whether I’m down, looking up, or up, looking down — a weightlessness and freedom of swinging into the realm of infinite possibilities. I feel a creative, productive winter coming…
A vertical panorama on our hike, Thanksgiving Day, 2009, Lama Mountain.
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HELLO!
December 6th, 2009 at 12:21 am
You are a poet with soothing words…
December 6th, 2009 at 2:16 am
What a taking- breath- away view in your photo!It’s so beautiful.
December 6th, 2009 at 5:19 am
I can see the inside of your lovely home and smell the cookies… I used to really dislike Winter, but now i have a real appreciation for it for what it does for me…It makes me slow down, read more, get more painting and crafting done, bond with the inside of my home. Your photo is beautiful. Give Tulsi a kiss from me and Lola…love, mare
December 6th, 2009 at 6:02 am
you paint beautiful pictures with words too, lovely.
December 6th, 2009 at 6:49 am
utterly beautiful, to read, to see and to feel. You always inspire me.
love to you all.
December 7th, 2009 at 7:58 am
beautiful baby. can’t wait to be back home. p.
December 8th, 2009 at 10:32 pm
Your home sounds beautiful…almost makes me want to be there in a cozy house with warm cookies and snow outside instead of steamy India.
love to you 3 in your cozy home
December 10th, 2009 at 1:43 pm
mmm, I so enjoyed reading this! It made me feel very calm (and develop rather a hankering for cookies). Also, I purchased a copy of ‘Travelin’ Eye’ recently and want to say that I just adore it. Your illustration style is so energetic and engaging, Jenny. Since I saw your ‘tea time’ picture in one of those giant illustration volumes a few years ago I’ve been totally hooked! You are wonderful, I think :)
December 11th, 2009 at 1:07 pm
Off topic. Sorry if this is inappropriate. When I saw the call for prayer flags I thought of this blog.
You can support the Women’s Contingent by helping to make Peace Prayer Flags to send to Gaza! Here’s how:
http://www.womensaynotowar.org/article.php?id=5211
“We who are mothers, grandmothers, sisters, and daughters, female workrs, students, teachers, healers, artists, writers, singers, poets and all outraged women will collectively rise up and oppose the siege of Gaza. Women have been the guardians of life — not because we are better or purer or more innately nurturing than men, but because the men have busied themselves making war. Because of our responsibility to the next generation, because of our own love for our families and communities, it is time we women devote ourselves — wholeheartedly — to the business of making peace.”
— adapted from Starhawk
February 4th, 2010 at 6:19 am
Hi Jenny,
can you share with us your recipe for Oatmeal-raisin-walnut-chocolate-chip cookies? The recipes that I found have granulated sugar :(
By the way, seems to me that you like to cook (and eat it too). I love to cook but I’m a begginer in vegetarian cuisine. Do you have special recipes that you’d like to share?
Best regards,
Susana (from Portugal)