Two reasons I'm loving my library right now:
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Enchantment : Awakening Wonder in an Anxious Age by Katherine May :: A collection of beautifully communicated thoughts + observations which ripple deeper + deeper into my mind + create a path of breadcrumbs toward my own connection. 

Still Life by Rebecca Pacheco :: We're digging into this meditation thing...practicing...learning...opening to its possibilities...and feeling into its offerings. This book is part of that gentle quest.  

More reasons to pay attention to what goes into our clothing.

A quiet phase out that lowers emissions.

A government clothing repair scheme.

When you know what is enough, you are happy.

Ritual is a delicious concept. It conjures thoughts of centering actions with deep meaning that we can return to over + over again. Rituals have the power to gently turn our attention + transform our perspectives. 

I've been enjoying the ritual of dipping into guided journaling each morning, and I'm so happy with this little gem of a tool of late. Rachel Garahan starts out by expanding our gratitude vocabulary and then lays out a simple, yet profound guide to transforming our perspective (+ action) with a weekly practice. This practice goes beyond the familiar gratitude list + offers something deeper. It's a guide for days when it's harder to feel grateful + for taking action in the week ahead. 

All I can say is that I ended up purchasing three more copies for my nearest + dearest and since then have thought of a few more people with whom I'd like to share it (including you!). I want to sincerely thank Rachel for creating this beautiful book + for inviting us to "fill not just our own cups, but others' as well, the fountain of gratitude propelling its cycle forward."

Love,
Jane

A few good library check-outs lately:

• Houses That Can Save the World by Courtenay Smith + Sean Topham :: I absolutely love being exposed to alternatives that could transform access to affordable, sustainable housing. This book offers a variety of inspiration in that direction.
• Sundressed by Lucianne Tonti :: Today's conversations about ethical clothing still major on consumption + excess, but they are also expanding into the territory of regenerative farming + alternative natural fibers.

Doubling every six years.
What's next.
​Together.

Have a fantastic weekend, friends!

Love, 
​Jane

noticing the good this week:

• sun streaming in windows...making shadows, warming my skin
• sitting in a greenhouse turned coffee shop space...heart racing after a bird flew right between our faces
• remembering that the taste of oat milk compliments matcha beautifully 
• the perspective that feeling exhausted even when we are getting enough sleep may suggest focusing on restoration in another realm (mind, soul, silence...)
• enjoying al fresco by Julie Pointer Adams little by little
• appreciated this article which included the quantification of the average French wardrobe in the 1960s...40 items...food for thought

Love,
​Jane

A conversation regarding yesterday's US Supreme Court decision led to talk of core values. I firmly believe that the simpler we can make our core values...the easier it is for them to inform our beliefs + actions. My most core value is love. Simple.

There will always be abortions. Banning safe abortion is not love. Creating suspicion, criminality + lack of access to treatment around miscarriage + nonviable pregnancy are not love. 

Possible. 
​Together.
Oh, yes they (and we) can.
How will it be used it?
Yes, please.

A theme of "possible" runs through the links this week. It's up to all of us to choose the sort of world we want to live in + to act in that direction. We are all influencers.  

Have a thoughtful weekend, friends.
Much love,
Jane

knitting for radical self-care by Brandi Cheyenne Harper :: much anticipated, worth the wait, gorgeous in every way, would read just for the meaningful words

Sante Fe Modern by Helen Thompson :: taking me on a trip (to a place I love) in my mind

Regeneration : Ending the climate crisis in one generation by Paul Hawken:: hopeful, motivating

(All worth a trip to the library.)

​We know the best thing we can do is make less new.

Creation can be pretty simple + genuine..taking something old + reimagining it.
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​These shifts would account for a quarter of the required emissions reduction needed to keep global heating down to 1.5C + increase pressure on government + the private sector to make necessary far-reaching systemic change.
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Hope your weekend is off to a nourishing start.
Much love,
Jane

I don't think many of us realize how closely linked
creative deficiency is to our unhappiness.
Creativity is an ever-present buzzing of possibility,
+ it flows through everything 
feeding our purpose.
Creativity gives us access to what we are + have always been.
​~Brandi Cheyenne Harper

Fair-trade + organic + regenerative cotton! 
Creating a cultural movement toward reusables.
Freeing.
Microplastics found in human blood.
Working toward removing all spandex this year.
​We just need to readjust our thinking.

Hope you have a weekend filled with sunshine + laughter!
Loads of love,
Jane