The First Saturday of Summer
The first Saturday of summer in the heart. Maple has claimed her sunny patch. Let the season actually land on you today.
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Something Is Blooming Right Now
Late May: the peak of it. Everything doing what it waited all winter to do. Go find what's blooming. It's probably closer than you think.
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The Space in the Middle
The middle of a three-day weekend is rare: nothing pulling from either direction. Be in it. Don't rush through it.
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The Long Weekend Is Coming
Anticipation is a pleasant thing until we burn it all up before the thing arrives. Let today be today first.
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Maple goes out with an agenda consisting entirely of: let's see what happens. There's a Saturday philosophy in there.
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The Farmer’s Market Theory of Saturdays
You don't need an actual farmer's market to have a farmer's market Saturday. You just need the spirit: unhurried, close-up, and present.
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The Wednesday of a Good Week
We're good at noticing when things are hard. We're less practiced at noticing when things are just fine. Today, let fine be enough.
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April’s Last Wednesday
The temptation at the end of a month is to rush toward the next one. But rushing means missing the last of what this one had in it.
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In Honor of Words
The best poetry and the best daily practice are after the same thing — making you see what's already there.
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