Here is how I spend my days now.
I live in a beautiful place.
I sleep in a beautiful bed.
I eat beautiful food.
I go for walks through beautiful places.
I care for people deeply…
I cry easily, from pain and pleasure, and I don’t apologize for that.
In the mornings I step outside and I’m thankful for another day.
It took me many years to arrive at such a life.
~ Ottessa Moshfegh, Eileen: A Novel
Notes:
- …and I drink clean water…and I don’t live in the path of Dorian
- Photo: sherin atrouni with “Silence Becomes You“
Live & Learn 
That pretty well sums it up! Have a great week. xo
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Yes. You too Darlene.
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Thankfully yes, I am largely here as well… (and practically crying with relief at the moment that Dorian decided *not* to pay us a visit…) Enjoy your holiday, pal!
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Yes, a little scare and off he goes…Great for you!
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That’s the good news. The bad news? We’ve got two more months of hurricane season! 👀 The blizzards are looking more attractive with every passing day…
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Ha! We’ve lived there for 10 years. The Hurricanes and their impending make you so appreciate the in-between quiet time. Enjoy!
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Are you living in Florida Lori? Wasn’t sure but have thought of you. And I had friends living in South Carolina, a state I very much loved when I visited as a young woman.
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Hi Kiki, You’re so kind! Yes, we’re on Florida’s Gulf Coast. Just moved down here from New Hampshire about a year ago, so this is our first go-round with hurricanes. Nervous-making to be sure, but it looks like our side of the state will be spared this time. I, too, have friends in the Carolinas,so I am anxiously tracking Dorian’s movements…
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You know, for the most part of my life I was wishing (with no succes) to live ‘les pieds dans l’eau’ which is a lovely expression to say living as close as possible to the water (feet in the water). Those flats were /are the most exclusive and most expensive to ‘grab’ and we never ever had the money for anything so close by. Now, for the past 3 years, I find myself saying over and over, that those feet in the water are very fast loosing all interest in my life!
5yrs after we left UK, a huge landslide in our ‘home town’ Torquay (Devon, SW of England) made us realise how close to perdition we lived…..
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Grateful every day for every day.
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Yes, so me too.
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a beautiful life
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It is. Our blessings too.
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So much to be grateful for. Thanks for the reminder today David 💛
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yes there is Val. Thanks.
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:: Peace in those words ::
– MJ
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Yes.
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May it all pass offshore and never make landfall.
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Yes!
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That last sentence…. you can only arrive ‘there’ when you’ve already lived a good part of your life. Life is a pretty good school for ‘arriving’ with love, care, thankfulness at the end of every day.
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Love and appreciate what you have…
Have a great Labour Day, David.
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Yes. Thanks Dale.
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Ottessa Moshfegh, has had some interesting and diverse experiences in her young life…her words are beautiful and within her voice is a maturity and reflection that is beyond her physical age…
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She sure did (have some experiences in her life)…and what a voice on a page.
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