Tag: kindness

• Midtown Mindfulness

  

  I am overwhelmed by the amount of vacation pictures I took this week so instead I’ll post some pictures from the farmer’s market this morning. This beautiful bouquet came home with me. My eye went to it immediately, sitting in the rows and rows of vibrantly-colored flowers. I love it’s muted, gentle colors and can’t…

  Greta Sutherland

  June 4, 2022

  everyday life, plants and gardening

  California, community, environment, farmers market, flowers, foodie, gardening, humanity, kindness, life changes, living with intention, marriage, Northern California, plants, PRIDE, slow living, slowing down

• in the in-between

  I read an interesting description of Advent this morning in Common Prayer. While describing Advent as a time of waiting and expectation, the author wrote that ‘we are the midwives of another world.’ That sent me into a quick Google search of what a midwife’s responsibilities are: educating the parents before labor, nurturing the mother…

  Greta Sutherland

  December 1, 2021

  essays, everyday life

  culture, equality, faith, grace, humanity, inspiration, kindness, life, living with intention, purpose, relationships, sacred spaces, self improvement, servanthood, social justice

• A CHRISTMAS MEMORY by Truman Capote

  Illustrator Beth Peck elegantly illuminates the words of Truman Capote as he tells the story of the uniquely loving relationship between seven-year-old, Buddy, and his ‘sixty-something’-year-old distant cousin, living in the same house. ‘We are each other’s best friend.’⠀ They make cakes together every year as the weather turns cold and fly homemade kites when…

  Greta Sutherland

  December 6, 2019

  book reviews

  Alfred A Knopf, book review, children’s literature, Christmas, classics, comfort, faith, family, fiction, friendships, grace, grief, home, humanity, inspiration, inter-generational, journey, kindness, letting go, life, life changes, living with intention, magical, nature, purpose, reading, relationships, sacred spaces, slow living, slowing down, Truman Capote

• Learning the rhythm of relaxation…

  It was an unseasonably cool day today. I know I have a long way to go with the California heat (and truly, I’ve enjoyed the warmth of it) but it’s also nice to have an incredibly cool day with the windows open wide. We are excitedly anticipating a big group of family coming to see…

  Greta Sutherland

  May 6, 2019

  everyday life

  authenticity, comfort, creativity, encouragement, faith, grace, grief, inspiration, journey, kindness, letting go, life changes, living with intention, love, midlife, online community, purpose, Rachel Held Evans, relationships, sacred spaces, self improvement, slow living, slowing down, social media

• Can I tell you about something kind of cool that happened to me?…

  Let me first say that I’m not posting any of this for sympathy or trumped-up praise. Please know that from my heart. There are areas in all of our lives where we feel confident and strong – and other areas in which we lack inner strength. I’m not sure if it’s my personality or the…

  Greta Sutherland

  February 1, 2019

  creative work

  book review, creativity, encouragement, fear, inspiration, kindness, online community, peer review, published author, purpose, reading, sacred spaces, self improvement, self-doubt, writing