Such a beautiful weekend! Suddenly my little beach town has burst into summery buzzing activity ~ the rooftop terraces are filled with happy ocean peering couples sipping sangria, children are designing elaborate sandcastles, there are bare shoulders, white jasmine sparkling iced tea and roses blossoming on the wild side of things in my verdant garden.

My head hurts with ideas tumbling and jumbling and knocking amongst one another demanding to be realized and this weekend I made several little films ~ the one you see above inspired by my passion for Glen Gould (oh my gosh he had the most effervescent and hypnotic hands), a very windy little film for ‘the four’ collaboration and even a sweet little moment shared with my dog playing in a parade of waves.

It may sound quite fabulous to have a jumbling, tumbling, clamoring noise of creative ideas jitterbugging in my head but sometimes this can be a bit exhaustive (you see because then they all get quite knockneed and I can’t sort out anything properly) Which calls for a cure. And my cure is to pack up the car with my dog and music and books, a basket of cherries and chocolate and head out for a little mini solo road trip. So next weekend I am heading down to Portland and Canon beach to allow my wild spirit freedom to bask in the slow medicine of a loooooooooong drive. (so much scope for imagination!) Oh welcome Summer!

Yoga has been such gladness for me lately ~ think about this for a moment ~ every single breath we breathe is magnificently different and unique ~so timeless and potent and seeded. This week my teacher Dylan said to me in class ~ ‘do it! do the headstand freeform now! the class is waiting!’ which totally freaked me out in the FIRST breath because i felt put on the spot and wasn’t ready (I had only done the headstand up against the wall) but thennnn I took a long quiet present breath and thought ~ ‘then I must do it’ and …i DID. It felt wonderful ~ it felt like jumping into a moondance lit lake at twilight all fresh and new and igniting. And the impulse and belief came from my breath. (and Dylan’s nudge too) Which made me think ~ what else can I do that I didn’t believe possible? Yoda was so right ~ impossible is nothing.

I am in such a heady mood lately too ~ really loving this book…and this film made about the same subject ~ the universe really is such a beautiful and elegant creation.

and Oh! words to shoot by is overflowing with summery goodness this week ~ pop on by and soak it up.

Today I am making a blueberry ~ cherry crisp and homemade lavender lemonade ~ to celebrate summer in delicious style ~ have a happy Monday!