Make no mistake

It's fall and it's beautiful. While today is suitably cold, grey skied and rainy, the weather has been majestic, the colours splendid, and Pittsburgh generally delightful. Makes waiting for the bus a little less tedious for sure.

Lately I have been doing a lot of this

It is feeling like small things take a long time, two hours bus transit yesterday, most of it at the stops, inhaling other peoples' cigarettes (why oh why can't they just stand still while smoking and not follow the bystander moving out of their way), three hours for a quick errand on Friday, most of it in the rain... sigh. If only my reading material wasn't equally depressing(see here http://www.quarterlyessay.com/ ).. a little flat this week.

With gratitude

A startlingly clear Wednesday morning spent penning thank you cards to treasured friends. A precious way to start a day, the toilet blocked for the second time a short time later, but even this was not insurmountable when basking in the love of good people. H is working from home today and we are off to the park for a stroll. x

Brunch

Recipe for zucchini bread from here Vegan Zucchini Bread  - inspired by a birthday gift of local cafe produce from Madeline I made two loaves last night with a loaf tin borrowed from a new friend Heidi (she is in H's program, a german modernist!) It was great toasted with some Earth Balance Butter. I am writing cards of thanks and feeling lucky in this cool fall weather. I want to try and photograph something each day this week - out of the house - to get me outdoors to sense the change. I want to share it with you, as currently I have the luxury of time (and I realise it is a luxury!!). All my love xx

and as we walked around circular quay...

Here i was sitting at work, tears welling for the second time today (though more about the first later) wondering if there will ever be a time that Tom Waits is once again a pain free zone, when my shuffle shifted gear to some Dougie McLean and an even more heart wrenching moment with Calendonia.. Phewee. Poets, who needs them.

Lyrics from the first..

So please call my missus
Gotta tell her not to cry'
Cause my goodbye is written
By the moon in the sky
Hey and nobody knows me
I can't fathom my stayin'
Shiver me timbers'
Cause I'm a-sailin' away

And the fog's liftin'
And the sand's shiftin'
I'm driftin' on out
Ol' Captain Ahab
He ain't got nothin' on me
So come and swallow me, follow me
I'm trav'lin' alone
(from Shiver me timbers, Waits)