Living Happiness

On this bright and beautiful Tuesday in June I am writing to you from my little desk in my little bedroom in my very hot house in Crete. It has been a few days since you last heard from me and all about my room for improvement. Now it’s five days later and this is the first chance I’ve had to get back again to all of you. Doesn’t life get crazy like that?

Today my offering is nothing more than a little catch-up, a bit of what’s going on with Chania Girl in her corner of the world. I hope you don’t mind. Maybe think of it as our virtual coffee together.

My news (in no order of importance) is as follows:

Operation Become a Bronze Goddess (Summer #2) has begun. Thanks to a lovely friend of mine, I have been given two weeks worth of meal plans to kick start my body and my mind into a healthier way of eating. I got moving in Week 1 last week and already feel much cleaner inside and out … and I’ve dropped a kilo or two, too! It feels good to eat often and well.

We’re Off to See the Wizard. G and I have made our decision and will be moving to Oz. Last week saw me saving and printing off all the forms (of which there are a gazillion). This morning saw us getting passport photos made and criminal background checks requested. So we are on the yellow brick road and, if all goes well, should be entering Oz sometime around Christmas, give or take a little. Now, if I only had a brain … a heart … some courage … .

I Am a Football Widow. The World Cup has begun and my otherwise attentive husband has now abandoned me for his other love: the football. He has not shaved for a week. He doesn’t plan to do so for another month. His favorite outfit is an old t-shirt and faded shorts. I still hear the vuvuzelas (blaring horns) in my dreams at night. And there are still three more weeks to go!

School’s (NOT) Out for Summer. Just as I packed off my high school Greek students for a summer of sand and sea, I got to begin two new online courses – woohoo! (Insert sarcasm here.) But what am I complaining about? I can still show up and teach in my jammies or, as the case may be, in my swimsuit, and none of my students are any the wiser … unless, of course, they’re reading this blog. Hmmmm. Maybe not good idea to mention the jammies … or the swimsuit.

What about you?

What is your news?

What have you been up to lately?

I look forward to hearing from you.

Namaste,

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Bows and flows of angel hair
And ice cream castles in the air
~Joni Mitchell, Both Sides Now

What do the clouds look like where you are today? Are they billowy, fluffy balls of cotton? Wisps of fairy floss high in the sky? Or armed giants come to wipe out the sun and bring torrents of rain? Or … have you noticed them at all?

The clouds here today are little toddlers on the horizon, peering up at the big blue sky and not sure if they are allowed to jump onto its big bed and play. I am secretly hoping they are allowed to jump around a bit and make big nuisances of themselves, but I fear I do not get a say in the matter.

Clouds have been cropping up for me all week: in the posts of online friends, in a morning newsletter, and even actually in another post of my own. It seems that, though wispy little things they are, they are definitely trying to get my attention.

And I think the reason is this: They want me to slow down. They want me to dream a little.

So, on this fabulous Friday (which I truly hope it is in your part of the world), I am going to ask you to do one simple, easy-peasy thing for me today … if you don’t mind: Would you go outside today and look at the clouds?

You can do it from your porch, from your front door, from the back garden, from the seat of your car. And if your clouds are behaving and you’re really feeling dreamy, you can do it lying in the grass. Maybe on a blanket. Maybe with a friend.

We’ve all occasionally forgotten what it is to stop and change our perspective. It’s amazing how different things look when we’re lying flat on our backs, looking up into infinity.

Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer’s day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time. ~J. Lubbock

Happy Friday, everyone!

Clouds love to shape-shift and transform themselves.

What shapes do the clouds take for you today?

In what ways would you too like to shape-shift and/or transform your life?

What did you see when you looked up into infinity?

Your comments are welcome.

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