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Joy of the Day, Day 22: Sounds, sights, scents
Sounds: fountain, evening breeze picking up a dry Bougainvillea flower and dragging it across the pavement, mourning doves; Sights:...

Karen Hall
Apr 20, 2020


Joy of the Day, Day 21: My Boat
A few things I’ve learned so far through the practice of living intentionally by finding and naming the joy in each day: 1. It has been...

Karen Hall
Apr 19, 2020


Joy of the Day, Day 20: Hike and Desert Treasure
We love to hike in the desert, and we fit a few great ones in before it became more and more difficult, and then ultimately prohibited,...

Karen Hall
Apr 18, 2020


Joy of the Day, Day 19: Pen and Bottle
Somewhere along the line I developed both a love for pens and a habit for reading with a pen in hand. I remember well showing up my first...

Karen Hall
Apr 17, 2020


Joy of the Day, Day 18: Strolls and Scooters
Many afternoons, some or all of our family take a walk around our little neighborhood. It’s a grounding time, a resetting time—the sliver...

Karen Hall
Apr 16, 2020


Joy of the Day, Day 17: Continuous Learning Plan and the Perfect Smoothie
School from afar was a harrowing prospect for our family a few weeks ago, but now that everyone’s starting to get the hang of it, we are...

Karen Hall
Apr 15, 2020


Joy of the Day, Day 17: Ukulele
I started playing the violin in the third grade, and quit a few years later. I don’t really remember why I stopped studying music, but...

Karen Hall
Apr 14, 2020


Joy of the Day, Day 16: Hammock
A couple cool things about this place: First, there is always a fountain within earshot, and second, right outside our door, six big rope...

Karen Hall
Apr 13, 2020


Joy of the Day, Day 15: The Whale
I started this beautiful book about nine months ago—the bookmark I’m using is actually the ticket that was clipped to our cluster of...

Karen Hall
Apr 12, 2020


Joy of the Day, Day 14: Easter
Special gifts: Our family of five together, getting to celebrate with dear friends/quarantine buddies, zoom hangout with our NC crew,...

Karen Hall
Apr 11, 2020


Joy of the Day, Day 13: FarmAid and Framily
One of the sweetest days of our time here—it feels good to be together and do the fun things we would normally do, and it feels good to...

Karen Hall
Apr 10, 2020


Joy of the Day, Day 12: new trail runners and walking the walk
Nothing fancy, just the satisfaction of lacing up a great pair of new shoes made for tromping along in the almost-mud, and walking in the...

Karen Hall
Apr 9, 2020


Joy of the Day, Day 11: Zoom Barre
Here are a few of the things I need right now: familiar faces/voices, a little bit of a schedule, exercise, and directed opportunities to...

Karen Hall
Apr 8, 2020


Joy of the Day, Day 10: This fruit and these flowers
This time of year on Bainbridge, I have fresh flowers in the house all the time. Usually they’re cut from our garden, which begins it’s...

Karen Hall
Apr 7, 2020


Joy of the Day, Day 9: Cloudcover
Not in any way what we imagined spring break to be, but this day had its own beauty. It smelled like rain and looked like Hawaii outside,...

Karen Hall
Apr 6, 2020
Joy of the Day, Day 8: Hamilton
I wouldn’t say I’m a very patriotic person but I do, almost without exception, root for the underdog. And the story of our country really...

Karen Hall
Apr 5, 2020


Joy of the Day, Day 7: Sunshine
I remember now why this route was so great for distance training: it’s a there and back, but the back is a gradual hill for miles. And...

Karen Hall
Apr 4, 2020


Joy of the Day, Day 6: Food
For me, food is love. Since I relinquished most of my cooking duties a while ago, when Stephen caught the Sunbasket bug, I consider most...

Karen Hall
Apr 3, 2020


Joy of the Day, Day 5: A few of my favorite things
When we came to where we are currently sheltering, we came quickly, and packed up not knowing how long we’d be away from Bainbridge. We...

Karen Hall
Apr 2, 2020
Joy of the Day, Day 4: New York City
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IFIH9kmUd-k&feature=youtu.be [video credit: Jason Hackett, dear friend and lifelong New Yorker] We hear a...

Karen Hall
Apr 1, 2020
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