Grace in Small Things

Waging a battle against embitterment since 2008

Hope Swann
  • Female
  • Charlotte, NC
  • United States
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http://www.hopeswann.com [website, not blog]
What prompted you to take part in Grace in Small Things?
Laura sent me an Invite. I LOVE the idea. I used to keep a gratitude journal, but somehow got out of the habit. I think it's a very powerful spiritual practice.
The essential things in life are seen, not with the eyes but with the heart. ~ Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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Hope Swann

Wednesday, 25 November 2009

1. Getting from-the-road reports from my family enroute to San Miguel, getting closer and closer.

2. Getting 20 meters of cheesecloth to dye/stain/rust for my art. For reasons I have a hard time articulating, I really like cheesecloth -- the texture, the look, the way it stretches and pulls, who knows what. It's just excellent stuff. So anyway, I sent Luzma out with $200 pesos (which is about $15USD) and told her to buy as much as she could with that. So at $10 pesos a meter, I end up wi… Continue

Posted on November 25, 2009 at 9:03pm — 4 Comments

Hope Swann

Tuesday, 24 November 2009

1. Floating on my back in the hot springs (really hot today) looking up at a sky with clouds fingercombed in great sweeping striations, watching birds tend a nest way up high in a cypress tree, feeling my body move with the current of the incoming water...

2. For better or worse, I am grateful that I could walk into a pharmacy today and ask for the anti-depressants I was taking in the States awhile ago (prescription, of course) and get them, over-the-counter, without the bat of an eye. I could… Continue

Posted on November 24, 2009 at 11:40pm — 4 Comments

Hope Swann

Sunday, 22 November 2009

1. Interesting buttons.
2. My Victorinox Swiss Army Knife, which has been with me for a lot of years.
3. Nushu.
4. When a headache finally goes away, leaving you with a headache shadow.
5. Moonstones.

Posted on November 22, 2009 at 8:54pm — 1 Comment

Hope Swann

Saturday, 21 November 2009

Internet has been so wonky lately, especially in the evenings when I got to post... so... I haven't been so diligent... sigh.

For today:
1. Stephanie is 42 today. Hard to believe that precious little bundle that I held in awe and wonder all those years ago has two bundles of her own and has become such an amazing woman and friend. Who could have guessed where our lives have taken us since those first tentative days (for both of us) in Honolulu?

2.… Continue

Posted on November 21, 2009 at 11:08am — 1 Comment

Comment Wall (46 comments)

At 1:18pm on February 17, 2009, Laura said…
I like you much better as yourself.
At 8:22pm on March 27, 2009, Vicky said…
I love your haircolour!, it looks amazing on you
At 10:27pm on March 27, 2009, Laura said…
all right then...let's go to Roasting Company

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