if i only knew...

Two great articles

I like articles that talk about the author's personal everyday experiences, something they learned, something they discovered, something they do in a unique way every day, etc. My favourite read for articles like this is Utne Reader, but lately i haven't had a chance to pick up a copy.

Today i was browsing for some other alternative magazines, and found a couple really interesting ones, and i found a couple of articles that are exactly like the ones i talked about above.

Random Acts of Gardening from Conscious Choice magazine tells the experiences of a guy who decided he would learn how to garden not from hip how-to books, but from Mother Nature. It's a fun read and it really woke my interest again in having a garden, after having decided that it's probably not for me as i wouldn't have the discipline to tend to it in a Proper Way (whatever that may be). Now, i am thinking, maybe if i just HAD a garden, and played with it - it would actually work just as well? Without all the glossy magazine fanfare, but with at least a tree to give shades and a couple of flowers that needed little care to marvel at, and things like that?

Today, i drove Bence to the train station in the morning peak, and as i was listening to the morning radio, i was wondering whether i should try to stick to some kind of morning ritual to start my day off. Nowadays i just wake up, make coffee, fire up the laptop and get to work immediately. Listening to the morning radio i was thinking about how most people who drive to work every day at the same time and listen to the radio at the same time maybe benefit from having this routine to start their day off? Then, in the afternoon i came across
A great awakening, from Ode magazine. It talks about the same thing, but the author extended the routine to the evening as well. Something to think about...

Autumn

Where did summer go? For some strange reason, i am not sad about it being over, but actually kind of neutral about it. Autumn will be fun (birthdays, Paris, etc), Winter we'll survive somehow and then it's Spring, which will bring new trips and good weather again.

And Autumn means the annual arrival of my renewed interest in hand making things. Today's find: Slide Lamp.