81 Good Things

Austin Kleon publishes 100 Things that made his year.  Here’s my 81 thing version!

1. California: jacaranda, eucalyptus, the overcast mornings
2. The view out this porthole in the Queen Mary
3. Walking and talking with Greta…before she quite knew who I was
4. Driving through the river with Kara
5. Birthday trip to the beach
6. Meeting Sarah…and the wonder of my job in general
7. Joseph–the last baby–getting weaned
8. Reading Annie Dillard
9. Clarissa Pinkola Estes on audio
10. Becoming a runner…and Helen–such an unexpected grace
11. Rosary on audio
12. Starting a co-op
13. Being a 1st Round Cybils Poetry Judge
14. Austin Kleon
15. and that time he linked to Lori’s newsletter!
16. Forging connections
17. Creating Morning Time binders
18. Movies on the big screen…especially Hal Hartley
19. Haiku cards
20. 15 Words or Less Poems
21. Mandy Steward
22. Kids who want to go to church during Advent
23. Deer walking through the forest during church
24. Eggnog lattes after church
25. Fires and caroling and hot chocolate on the Solstice
26. Fondu pots 
27. Sleeping through the night
28. Foster kittens
29. Socks…the foster who stayed
30. Really strong school rhythm
31. Wild + Free…meet in Tennessee?
32. My new birthday camera
33. Contemplative photography
34. The return of The Creative Mom Podcast!
35. Force Awakens
36. Reading James Schall
37. Making oracle cards during ICAD
38. Having a third student to plan for
39. Laurie Anderson + Lou Reed
40. Leonard
41. Lynda Barry
42. The Wonder Project
43. Reading American history: Johnny Tremain, The Cabin Faced West, Benjamin West and his Cat Grimalkin, Courage of Sarah Noble
44. Shakespeare in the Park: Tempest and Hamlet
45. Joseph *seeing* Jesus on the cross
46. Portland Art Museum
47. Oregon Historical Society Museum
48. Get One Thing Done and Sustainable Homeschooling
49. Aperture Project
50. Anya–our wonderful mother’s helper
51. Listening to Sarah Williams lectures
52. Louise Erdrich and the rabbit trail that she opened up
53. The fox
54. David Whyte
55. Writing and receiving cards of love on Thanksgiving
56. 100 Days of Soul Rest
57. Picking fruit out on the Island
58. Our library
59. Silver Falls
60. Enchanted Forest
61. Taco Bell Drawing Club
62. Contemplative coloring
63. Laurie Blackwell
64. Poetry Friday
65. Setting the stage
66. The Sacred Heart of Jesus
67. Quiet homeschooling
68. Just because we can days
69. Wednesday with Words
70. Tom Waits, John Baldessari, and Mabel
71. Seasonal rhythms
72. Homeschooling as Spiritual Formation
73. The Found and the Lost
74. Brian Doyle
75. Ben Hatke and Ethel Pochocki
76. The Shakespeare Book
77. Out of the House of Bread
78. Ramona and Henry on audio
79. Patti Smith
80. Ted Kooser
81. Lucy Knisley