let me be that cliché for but a moment... it is nearly february and i am pining for summer. pining - the desire burns like a fresh wound. i have fought against those tendencies for years - those that can not find the beauty, grace and joy in the living moment you find yourself. but this time of year, i find myself yearning for warmth and resenting the icy grip that holds my mind and body captive. i do need to venture outside more. i have created a self-imposed hermitage of sorts - shying from the cold and buried in the book {the final edits are due next month}. my goal this coming week... to step outside at least once everyday - to breath deeply and bear witness to the quiet shift of the season - it is coming - it must be.

in my summer dreams i find love and light - and ultimately some external influences that feed that fire...

~ the cool school - a beautiful little film about the beginning of the modern art movement in los angeles;

~ this california shoot by j.crew;

~ heidi's tumblr... a golden state: i was born in california {i was too - thus my eternal draw to that land};

~ surfer blood will be my summer soundtrack.

more soon...

Comments

[robina]

Lady, you moved here just in time for the most intense winter I've seen in years and years. And I feel you because I've been holed up inside finishing a chapter so it's definitely getting to me in an especially stircrazy way too. We should go outside together. I still want to get coffee one of these days!

[jla]

i would love that. and i want to hear more about your book! xo