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five senses friday: Georgetown

For those of you who are new readers (or maybe never understood what I was blabbing about) five senses friday was started years ago by my friend, Shari Altman. I use it weekly as way to sit down and reflect on what the past days have been like for me. I would love for you to play along in the comments or on your own blog.

Seeing:

beautiful local produce at Monument Market in Georgetown, Texas 

 

 

Tasting:

Omlette, sheet biscuits and hashbrowns at The Monument Cafe, amazing how light and not greasy this actually was! Hooray for serving REAL food.

 

Hearing:

sounds of laughter and joy at this sweet toy shop

 

Smelling:

the beautiful gardens at the cafe

 

Feeling:

the hot Texas sunshine as we strolled through the streets of Georgetown

 

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Happy Friday!

 

a post on "why"

As some of you know, I've been working on this project since January. I can honestly say, it's been more work than any other project I've done (apart from raising a child, of course). Recruiting artists, sponsors, finding venues, figuring out the details, trying to promote, etc, etc...you understand.

Now that is not to say that I don't enjoy it, but just that-it's a commitment for sure. And to be honest, something that I'm working on for free (is that wrong to admit? Well, I'm all for being honest).

Recently someone asked "Why? Why do this?"

A fair question, to be sure, but for some reason it irritated me as well. Maybe because I find myself asking that question over and over again in my head? 

So I've been taking some time to pause and think about the answer.

Well, I guess the answer is-because I want to believe. I want to believe in people who pursue their dream of working for themselves. I want to believe in people who love to make, to create. I want to believe in people who use their talents to create beautiful, lovely things. I want to believe that when you get all these types of people together-that something magical happens.

You know why I believe this? Because I've seen it here and here and so many other places. And I want to share it. And I really and truly believe that Austin has this community that can support this.

Now I know that "believing" doesn't pay the bills. I'm aware that this is not something we would be able to keep up year after year without paying ourselves for our work. Hopefully, we can make this happen. 

Maybe I'm crazy; that's probably true. I just really feel that life is too short not to take risks. You gotta dive in some times.

I just wanted to say thank you to all of those who've been supporting us over at FELIZ. We feel the love and appreciate it!

What are you working on lately? I'd love to hear.

 

little lessons

Since Asa's birth I've learned more about myself and other people than I did during the previous 29 years.

I learned about friendship and fear, about my shortcomings and strengths, about expectation and the power of thought. I learned that I know very, very little in general.

I learned that some times it's better just to let go of relationships rather than feeling the need to work at them. I learned about meeting people where they are at. I learned about asking for help.

I learned that there's a lot I need to work on and that is ok.

I learned that karma is real, both bad and good.

Most importantly, I learned that comparing yourself to others will never end well. Maybe I am still working on learning this lesson.

Oh yeah, I also learned that I don't give a rat's arse about the latest shopping trends-not even close.