Day 2805: Showing up.

Cecilia: acrylic, collage, marker on heavy w/c paper, postcard

I completed the postcard started yesterday, today, here,

Yesterday it looked like this when I stopped.

 

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Today I resumed work.

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Want music?

 

Click here for Barbara Lewis, Hello Stranger.

then click back on this blog tab or here to listen as you browse, or not?

Did you see the movie Groundhogs Day? 

A 1993 American fantasy comedy film starring Bill Murray 

as a TV weatherman who, during an assignment 
covering the annual Groundhog Day event is caught 

in a time loop, repeatedly reliving the same day.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rAyThU_J3I

I got up this morning, made my bed, showered,got dressed,
and all of the normal stuff, in pretty much in the same sequence, 

and I thought of that movie. I didn't put on the tv today, 

it slows me down and I am already slow. Enough for now.

Friends send me Covid19 facts and I've read them but not today. 

I save them all in a Covid19 folder to read if I want stress.

One blog that I follow faithfully is here. 
Carol Mulvenon writes a wonderful, short blog almost daily. 
 Sometimes she shares recipes, or her knitting, projects.
 Or pictures from her walks, and always so good to start the day. 
Carol is a palliative nurse in a Kansas hospital. 
Today she shared her perspective on Covid19.
To me, it was meaningful, concise and actually 

comforting, so I thought I would share, just in case.

2GN2S:

Insightful documentaries, shows and more

 

our website right now.Staying at home is now mandatory for the safety of our community. But if you're at a loss for what to do with the free time on your hands, or just seeking something to enrich your holistic knowledge of the world, KCET is here to provide you with more than 100 insightful programs to stream for free. Browse our list of 122 programs available to watch on

2GN2S#2:

Zoo shares adorable pictures of orangutans playing with their otter friends

A zoo in Belgium has shared some amazing photos of a blossoming friendship between a family of orangutans and their otter neighbors. The animals live together at Pairi Daiza zoo in Domaine du Cambron, as part of a the program designed to maintain the primates' wellbeing in captivity.

"The otters really enjoy getting out of the water on the orangutan island to go and play with their big, furry friends," said Goedefroy, adding that Berani and Ujian have developed a particularly strong bond with their neighbors.

"It makes life more fun and interesting for both animal species, which makes it a very successful experiment," he said.

Smiles (10) for Wednesday ...

Day 2803: Free Time.

"Star": marker, junk mail collage, color postcard.

A step-by-step postcard.

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Marker sketch, a pencil would be better.

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Utilizing a marker, junk mail collage on heavy watercolor paper.

Permanent glue stick & brayer, 1 hour, 13 pieces.

Want music?

 

Click here for Marvin Gaye, I Want You.

then click back on this blog tab or here to listen as you browse, or not?

A lot of us have the idea that we need to be accomplishing something to make the most of our time, even if it’s time we only have because we literally can’t go anywhere or do anything else.

Suddenly, the files we’ve been meaning to organize, the photos we’ve been meaning to digitize, the plants we’ve been meaning to separate, and the reading lists we’ve been meaning to get to seem a little more pressing. I hope we can resist the lure of constant productivity which keeps us from enjoying the things we do. 

There are unseen stresses for everyone during times like these, 

and if all we want is to lie in a hammock and count 

our blessings, then by all means, we should do so.

 Free time can stay just that: Free.

A bright idea

Get ready to smile, or at least learn a lot about smiling. Yale University's massively popular "happiness" course, technically called "The Science of Well Being", is available to audit for free online! The course offers insights from psychology and neuroscience about what drives happiness, and then challenges students to experiment with behavior change exercises to help rewire the brain. It was a campus sensation and became available online about two years ago. Here's a quick lesson from course creator Laurie Santos: Happiness doesn't come from complex desires. "We miswant things. We think we need to change our life circumstances to become happier," she says. But "what plays a much bigger role are our simple practices, simple acts like making a social connection, or taking time for gratitude, or taking time to be in the present moment."

Smiles (10) for Monday ...

by Rachel Swanson