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

Plants, books, coffee + banana bread are some of my favorite things...and they can be climate action too! yay!

• 65 :: buying rocks in bulk. there was an option to scoop these rocks into a paper bag rather than choosing those in a plastic container. plastic-free!
• 66 :: repotting our plants in order to give them a little more room to grow. plant care!
• 67 :: replacing a part rather than the whole thing. I was able to find just the part needed to keep our french press (which we've used every day for more than 20 years!) in service. 
• 68 :: choosing clay pots rather than plastic ones. 
• 69 :: using pieces of broken clay pot for drainage at the bottom of pots. zero-waste!
• 70 :: repotting plants is plant care + plants convert carbon dioxide to oxygen
• 71 :: freezing past ripe bananas + making them into (snow day) banana bread. no food waste!
• 72 :: sharing books via the library...our great big bookshelf!
• 73 :: reading Paul Hawken's new book...hopeful + inspiring.