November- novembre

ChchchChanges...a great tune anytime, definitely fits the bill for November! Transition, adapting to new situations, new adventures, new life cycles. It has been emotionally charged and exciting!

As A & A begin to slowly discover the world on their own terms, I’ve been reshuffling too. Creativity, always and tapping into my intuitive gifts through meditation and tarot. Totally fascinating stuff.
One might say I’m reworking my binding...many life connections, metaphors and analogies available through bookbinding!

I can feel the end of year reflective thought process beginning. It’s a natural for me...take it in, ponder, accept, breathe, shake it off and be grateful.


November ended on an unexpectedly challenging note. Just when I was feeling good about recent big changes, I received a very large dose of un-constructive criticism...the type that cuts to the core of your being, sadly, from someone close.
Despite the rawness of it all, (it will take me awhile to work through this), it has left me feeling peculiarly liberated and somehow empowered. So I will be focusing on redirecting the negative energy into positive life force. Go me!


🌞Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos into order, confusion into clarity...it turns problems into gifts, failures into success, the unexpected into perfect timing, and mistakes into important events. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today and creates a vision for tomorrow. -Melodie Beattie

Taking Stock
Making: new books for wedding gifts, Christmas markets & because I love it!
Cooking: chocolate love pots
Sipping: sangria
Reading: Illumination by Karen Brooks (Curse of the Bond Riders trilogy)
Looking: after a little bird
Listening: Blue day by Mi Sex
Wishing: on a star
Enjoying: learning tarot
Liking: my new 2020 stay magical diary
Loving: the handmade book club by vintage page designs
Buying: red dolly swimwear
Watching: sappy Christmas movies
Hoping: it is a slow Sunday
Needing: Understanding & acceptance
Wearing: loose cotton dresses
Following: where the path takes me
Noticing: we don’t need much to feel content
Sorting: my stuff
Getting: my new old skool bicycle
Saving: for future projects & adventures
Bookmarking: intuitive by Craigh Wilson
Coveting: a book press
Opening: maker’s Christmas market @ Embassy Arts
Giggling: at myself
Feeling: grateful
Hearing: birds chirping
Obsessing: I read books, I listen to books, I make books, I work in a library...
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