{"id":7392,"date":"2020-08-17T12:40:43","date_gmt":"2020-08-17T16:40:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/notstrictlyspiritual.com\/?p=7392"},"modified":"2020-08-17T12:40:43","modified_gmt":"2020-08-17T16:40:43","slug":"manic-monday-blossom-where-you-are-planted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/notstrictlyspiritual.com\/uncategorized\/manic-monday-blossom-where-you-are-planted\/","title":{"rendered":"Manic Monday: Blossom where you are planted"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It&#8217;s been a while since I did a Manic Monday post, so I thought I&#8217;d pop on and give you the rundown of what&#8217;s going on in my world. Actually, to be honest, I was inspired to write this post so I could post the photo of the flower bud on the left. I saw it, and it spoke to me on a very deep level, one of those visible, spiritual sparks that just made me sit in silent wonder. Whatever it takes to get me here, right? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So that beautiful blossom you see here? We all know what&#8217;s just on the other side of surrender. Blossoming, beauty, transformation. The same is true for us, if we trust the process. This week, can you loosen your grip and let go enough to begin the transformation. It doesn&#8217;t have to be all at once. Even just a small loosening will allow your petals to unfurl. Blossom today, right where you are planted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And now, on to the rest of our show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Bookshelf: <\/strong>I always have multiple books going, usually a few different types. I can only read one novel at a time, and at this point that novel is <em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"The Magician's Assistant (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Magicians-Assistant-Ann-Patchett\/dp\/0156006219\" target=\"_blank\">The Magician&#8217;s Assistant<\/a><\/em> by Ann Patchett. This book has been sitting on my bookshelf unread for years. Not sure why. But, last week, when I was going remote camping, I needed something light and okay to get wet, so I decided that was the book. I&#8217;m loving it, but I&#8217;ve always loved Ann Patchett. (If you haven&#8217;t read <em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"State of Wonder (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/State-Wonder-Novel-Ann-Patchett\/dp\/006204981X\/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&amp;keywords=state+of+wonder&amp;qid=1597680111&amp;s=books&amp;sr=1-1\" target=\"_blank\">State of Wonder<\/a>,<\/em> go get it and dive in. So amazing.) I am also just starting Mary Karr&#8217;s <em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"The Art of Memoir, (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Art-Memoir-Mary-Karr\/dp\/0062223070\/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&amp;keywords=the+art+of+memoir&amp;qid=1597680132&amp;s=books&amp;sr=1-2\" target=\"_blank\">The Art of Memoir<\/a><\/em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"The Art of Memoir, (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Art-Memoir-Mary-Karr\/dp\/0062223070\/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&amp;keywords=the+art+of+memoir&amp;qid=1597680132&amp;s=books&amp;sr=1-2\" target=\"_blank\">,<\/a> which I picked up at at <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Dove &amp; Hudson (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DHusedbooks\/\" target=\"_blank\">Dove &amp; Hudson<\/a> used books in Albany recently. It had been on my Amazon Wish List for years. Now it&#8217;s on my nightstand. I&#8217;ve become a big fan of memoir in the past couple of years. I can&#8217;t imagine I&#8217;ll ever write one, but I&#8217;m intrigued by how others do. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Soundtrack:<\/strong> I haven&#8217;t been listening to a ton of music lately, but when I do it&#8217;s often the new Taylor Swift album, <em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Folklore (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.taylorswift.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Folklore<\/a><\/em>. It&#8217;s a beautiful album. Even if you&#8217;re not typically a Swiftie, it&#8217;s worth checking out. I also tend to listen to a lot of spiritual music that verges on weird. Okay, it&#8217;s straight up weird. <em>Wahe Guru b<\/em>y White Sun is one of my current favorites. I find it so soothing. Sometimes I just tell Alexa to play it while I&#8217;m making the bed or getting dressed. Calms my nerves. Now, what I AM listening to regularly, are my latest Audible selections. I just finished <em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/I-Know-Why-Caged-Bird-Sings-audiobook\/dp\/B004HYHTN6\/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=\" target=\"_blank\">I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings<\/a><\/em> by Maya Angelou &#8212; and read by Maya Angelou. Powerful, poetic, painful. If you have never read this book, I highly recommend listening to Maya tell her story. I&#8217;m following that up with <em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Present over Perfect (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Present-over-Perfect-audiobook\/dp\/B01IAIZH5G\/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&amp;keywords=present+over+perfect&amp;qid=1597680361&amp;s=audible&amp;sr=1-1\" target=\"_blank\">Present over Perfect<\/a><\/em> by Shauna Niequest. Another beautiful book, one I wish I would have written. As the title suggests, it&#8217;s about being present in our own lives in a very God-centered way. I may buy the hard copy after I finish the audio version.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Viewfinder:<\/strong> So much beauty out there in the world, despite the challenges we all face, individually and collectively, these days. I cannot get enough of the Rose of Sharon in my backyard and the birds and bees flying around and entertaining me on a full-time basis. Here are a couple of shots from the yard:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/notstrictlyspiritual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_5407.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/notstrictlyspiritual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_5407.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/notstrictlyspiritual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_5407-480x360.jpeg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 640px, 100vw\" \/><figcaption>Rose of Sharon in full bloom beside my deck<br><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/notstrictlyspiritual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/DSC_0055.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/notstrictlyspiritual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/DSC_0055.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/notstrictlyspiritual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/DSC_0055-480x320.jpeg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 640px, 100vw\" \/><figcaption>A bee in action and covered in pollen.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Menu:<\/strong> Lots of fresh produce this time of year, so that means lots of good meals, some cooked over a campfire. (A special kind of awesome.) Just yesterday I made Giambotta, which is the Italian version of Ratatouille, a vegetable stew chock full of summer goodness: eggplant, zucchini, green beans, fire-roasted tomatoes, mushrooms, onions, and garlic, of course. Oh and lots of fresh basil torn up and thrown in at the last minute. You can serve it over crusty bread, over rice or couscous, or over pasta, as was our preference (big surprise). Here&#8217;s a photo of the end result:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/notstrictlyspiritual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_5449.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/notstrictlyspiritual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_5449.jpeg 480w, https:\/\/notstrictlyspiritual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_5449-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><figcaption>Giambotta over pasta<br><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>GPS: <\/strong>We did not get to do a family vacation this year due to COVID, so that was a great disappointment, but I was lucky enough to be able to catch a few days of mother-daughter camping with Chiara up in the Adirondack Mountains. We spent one day at Pyramid Life Center before heading to a remote camp site nearby. What makes it remote? We have to bring all our gear in by canoe and kayak. We paddle everything across the lake, firewood included, and set up camp in a beautiful little spot where we can listen to the loons as we sleep in our tent at night, float around in crystal clear water, read as we swing in a travel hammock or sit by the fire, and generally forget the real world. There is zero cell service, which is a beautiful thing. And I get to spend quality time with my daughter and another mom-daughter duo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/notstrictlyspiritual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_5352.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/notstrictlyspiritual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_5352.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/notstrictlyspiritual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_5352-480x360.jpeg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 640px, 100vw\" \/><figcaption>Sunrise from my kayak<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/notstrictlyspiritual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_5293-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/notstrictlyspiritual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_5293-980x735.jpg 980w, https:\/\/notstrictlyspiritual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_5293-480x360.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" \/><figcaption>Our remote campsite in the Adirondacks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/notstrictlyspiritual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/6220343D-104F-4ADF-8782-79BC3F7A4370.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/notstrictlyspiritual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/6220343D-104F-4ADF-8782-79BC3F7A4370.jpeg 480w, https:\/\/notstrictlyspiritual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/6220343D-104F-4ADF-8782-79BC3F7A4370-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/notstrictlyspiritual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/6220343D-104F-4ADF-8782-79BC3F7A4370-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/notstrictlyspiritual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/6220343D-104F-4ADF-8782-79BC3F7A4370-400x400.jpeg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><figcaption>Mother-daughter hammock time<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Datebook:<\/strong> Some good news on the datebook front. Finally after months of quarantine and social distancing. The retreat I&#8217;m leading at Pyramid Life Center in September is ON. I have nine people signed up so far. Room for about 10 more while maintaining social distance requirements. <em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Stillpoint: Creating Calm amid the Chaos (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/2538776553018145?acontext=%7B%22action_history%22%3A[%7B%22surface%22%3A%22page%22%2C%22mechanism%22%3A%22page_admin_bar%22%2C%22extra_data%22%3A%22%7B%5C%22page_id%5C%22%3A105157722861796%7D%22%7D%2C%7B%22surface%22%3A%22events_admin_tool%22%2C%22mechanism%22%3A%22events_admin_tool%22%2C%22extra_data%22%3A%22[]%22%7D]%2C%22has_source%22%3Atrue%7D\" target=\"_blank\">Stillpoint: Creating Calm amid the Chaos<\/a> <\/em>will be offered Sept. 11-13 at the always beautiful Pyramid Life Center. It will be semi-silent (silent breakfasts and evenings after closing talks). There will be an opportunity for kayaking, hiking, collaging, journaling, praying, talking, and, above all, resting and renewing. The cost is only $150 and that includes the retreat, rustic accommodations, and all meals, all in a socially distanced setting. Below is a photo from my recent visit to Pyramid and one from a previous retreat. Sign up <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"HERE (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pyramidlife.org\/registration\/\" target=\"_blank\">HERE<\/a> if you&#8217;re interested (just scroll down in the dropdown until you see Stillpoint), or shoot me an email if you have additional questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/notstrictlyspiritual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_5234.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7402\" srcset=\"https:\/\/notstrictlyspiritual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_5234.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/notstrictlyspiritual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_5234-480x360.jpeg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 640px, 100vw\" \/><figcaption>Kayaking at pyramid<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"819\" src=\"https:\/\/notstrictlyspiritual.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/IMG_0573.jpg-1024x819.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6511\"\/><figcaption>Full bloom at Pyramid Life Center<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been a while since I did a Manic Monday post, so I thought I&#8217;d pop on and give you the rundown of what&#8217;s going on in my world. 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