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Vashon Island {The Sackett Family, Redux}

kids Vashon Island {The Sackett Family, Redux}

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Bless the aubergine onion skins floating in the si

Bless the aubergine onion skins floating in the sink, the small patch of earth in which I grew them, the hope I buried them with way back in April. Bless, even, the dirty dishes, the soiled washcloth, proof of life and sustenance and care.

Bless the muffins made at 10 pm, the alchemy of flour and eggs and fruit. Something to delight us in the morning. Oh, bless the rich butter melted on the sweet crumb.

Bless the Italian plums in the white enamel bow with the red lip- the way they hold summer in their skins and offer it up, midnight membrane yielding to golden flesh.

Bless the patch of warm sun the puppy bathes in, the dirty plate them at held my delicious lunch.

Bless the riot of this daily life, the beautiful quotidian, the ordinary sacred. May our noticing make it sacred.

I don’t do these sessions every year.

But it’s a year of why nots.

So I’m opening up a few Short Story sessions to test the waters (for you who might be interested in working with me but not sure about a full Storytelling session, for me to see how it feels to work in shorter timeframes this fall).

So here goes:
October 2, 4:30-6:30
Dunes Peninsula Park
$350 includes a 30 minute session and 5 images.

Whew. That wasn’t so hard. You can email me or message me here. $50 reserves your spot, and will also be donated to @ptsdfoundation_org to help support mental health in veterans and first responders.

(A bit late) First day of school vibes. 4th, 11t

(A bit late)

First day of school vibes.
4th, 11th, and college sophomore and one on the wild waters of Alaska catching salmon.

This year more than ever felt like a real first. Excitement and nerves. Celebration and trepidation. I didn’t know how they would feel (mostly fine).

I didn’t know how I would feel (mostly not fine.)

It’s been over 18 months since I’ve had any sense of a normal schedule for myself, for them. I am trying the slow and easy way, but the lack of routine and the sudden vacuum feels like an intense pressure cooker boiling over.

It’s like the letdown after intense finals, or the way your body melts after hard competition. I hadn’t realized I was running so hard.

I know I’m not alone in this weird new not-normal, sort of waiting for the other show to drop. Ambient anxiety, flooded nervous systems leave us exhausted- more than we know.

I’m trying to strip away to what’s essential (taking care of myself, my family, my clients) while holding onto the projects and things that give me life.

It will probably change a dozen times this year, but today I mapped out my days, weeks- drafted a rhythm to hang my hat on, Hour by hour. Because it’s too overwhelming in the moment to know what to do next. Being a self-employed creative is this blessing and curse of freedom. And I thrive with boundaries.

So here’s to a new school year that feels like a new leaf- for the parents and the kids. Here’s to space and breathing room and sitting and staring out the window, to second summers and whatever you tell yourself to get excited about fall.

Bunny reading hour. Amos companions Walter Mitty

Bunny reading hour.

Amos companions Walter Mitty with a library book while Cecil the French Bulldog (not pictured) paws anxiously at the foyer door hoping for just one more sniff.

“I hope one of the great lessons you keep with y

The world is too heavy today. I am out of words an

The world is too heavy today. I am out of words and mostly my prayers consist of sitting in silence or tears before God. Here is one of my favorite photos. I still believe families can change the world.

If you can, donate to @worldreliefseattle, helping incoming Afghanistan refugees.

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