My Monday Mazes- (as in a'mazing')

I love Mondays! For many, when Monday rolls around there is an overwhelming sense of dread by all that must be accomplished  in the next 6 days until that blessed day of rest comes again. But for me it is a day of renewal. I have not only recommitted to all that I didn't accomplish last week, I like to idealize the potential of what new things will be open and possible to me in the days to come. So Mondays I am going to start posting 3 things that are amazing to me as I kick off what is sure to be an incredible week.

1. Bright Orange Pumpkins! I love seeing them everywhere- scattered across porches, and crates filled to the brim with pumpkins at store fronts. It's like an official welcome to fall and all the memories and activities that lie ahead in the coming months.
2. Homemade food. I love making food from scratch. I don't know if store bought foods' and many restaurants food quality has gone done so much, or if my taste buds have become incredible finicky but there is such a vast difference in the way things taste to me and I have found that often I only like what I make. I really enjoy cooking. I love looking at recipes and high quality ingredients.
3. A good morning run. With the morning heat gone for the year and the return of the crisp, dark mornings - my early morning runs have been awesome- essential to my well being. I am back to a solid 10 minute mile and the clarity that happens inside my brain has been priceless. My body and breathing are working in complete unison... combine that with some great music and a constant flow of thoughts and it has been a perfect way to start my day.

Fall in the Desert

October 4th, and it actually feels like it today, there is a bite in the breeze. It doesn't quite live up to the standards of a traditional fall - that earthly smell, the one comprised of damp, freshly fallen leaves is absent. However, I know this is a fleeting moment that I don't come to expect from October in the Mojave and I am taking full advantage and dressed in a hoodie and boots to celebrate. I may even spend an hour reading on the couch, tangled up in my cozy, perfectly aqua afghan. If that doesn't fulfill me, I might completely rebel against the desert and drink hot herbal tea tonight- or if the thermostat tips 80, at least imagine I am. Fuzzy peach goodness in a bright yellow tea cup.

New Beginning

I haven't blogged in years.  I had a spare minute tonight and found myself reading a friends blog...another thing I haven't done in way too long. It took only a few minutes of her random musings to ignite that desire inside me, one that has been building the past few months. Sometimes I feel like my heart is going to burst right out of my chest with all the buried thoughts and feelings compacted in that little space. If I was going to play the, "what do you want to be when you grow up game" the wistful, dream big idea that would emerge from this would be, a writer. I want to write bold, beautiful words with big ideas and even bigger feelings. I want to write in a way that leaves my words lingering through your thoughts days later. So this is a new beginning in my pursuit of this dream, another place to keep my words.