2011: Off to a Running Start
Combine friends, snowshoes, and a crisp, sunny winter day and you have the recipe for the successful start to a whole new year.
anna brones
writer + artist
anna brones
My books:
Live Lagom
Comestible
‘Hello, Bicycle’
‘Fika: The Art of the Swedish Coffee Break’
‘The Culinary Cyclist’
‘Best Served Wild’
‘Paris Coffee Revolution’
Categories
- 1000 Miles
- Bike Love
- Coffee
- Creative Prompts
- Design + Creativity
- Events
- Fiber + Textiles
- Food + Recipes
- Friday Photo
- Love from Sweden
- Media + Culture + Music
- Outdoor + Environment
- Paris
- Photography
- Portfolio
- Portland
- Quotes
- Scandinavian
- Travel
- Women
- Women's Wisdom Project
Sketchbook from last night's Earth Day Art Party hosted by @browercenter. Thank you to @amandaemachado0 @huarachesverdes @carlamariejewelry and @JoseBilingue for a powerful evening that left me with many thoughts swimming around in my brain.
“...while expressing gratitude seems innocent enough, it is a revolutionary idea. In a consumer society, contentment is a radical proposition. Recognizing abundance rather than scarcity undermines an economy that thrives by creating unmet desires. Gratitude cultivates an ethic or fullness, but the economy needs emotionless. The Thanksgiving Address reminds you that you already have everything you need. Gratitude doesn’t send you out shopping to find satisfaction; it comes as a gift rather than a commodity, subverting the foundation of the whole economy.”
Days are slowly growing longer, the sun feels warmer. It has been spring for a few weeks now, but I am only now starting to feel that same shift within. Ready for new projects, a new spark of energy that was previously elusive. Morning swims are still cold, but they feel different. They have made me notice the incremental changes every day. There are more blue skies, tiny green buds on the branches that once were bare and dark, the air has a softness to it.
We Are All Navigating: a new papercut inspired by a new podcast in partnership with @subaru_usa and @she_explores.
Today’s challenge is to sit on a stump in a forest, drink your coffee and stay there for a whole hour. An hour with a coffee and a good book would be a treat. With your phone it would be easy. But what about if you had nothing to distract you: how would you cope just sitting still for an hour?
ah, i was fortunate to spend a month in uppsala, enkoping and stockholm last year and can’t wait to go back and play there with friends in winter. this photo is fabulous!
nikki
January 20, 2011 at 02:13