good friends, good food, good music, and fun (and the smallest seahorses you ever did see)
the fun i have had since last you heard from me:
i drove to portland listening to my ipod through my car stereo...and i was in concert and getting my groove on the entire time. i saw mt. st. helen's appear out of nowhere. every other drive down to portland it has been cloudy, so this was my first time seeing her as i did. she may be shorter than she once was, but she is gorgeous.
my reason for the quick weekend trip was to spend time with kelly before she moves to san francisco. she took me to fabric depot, and i will never hear the word cute again without thinking of her. i am still laughing at the two of us and our love of fabric. even when we said we weren't going to say cute again, we did. over and over. stay tuned for my creations. (when my mom was here, we made a purse and an apron. now i have to try to make things all by myself. i have gorgeous fabric though; as a result, you might not notice imperfections that my appear in my first few solo attempts.)
kelly and i went to see the indigo girls. yes. (i actually saw them in concert in college, but their music holds a new world inside me now.) the last song before the encore was Virginia Woolf. i am going to devote an entire post to that song soon. it simply is where i am in my life. and where i have been. and where i am going. in the best of ways. and the last song was Galileo. if you do not know this song, go check it out. Right Now. i will be here waiting...
on sunday, kelly and i visited with alexandra. and talked and talked and ate a little and talked some more. i love alexandra's house and the colors of her walls and her sense of humor and how she inspires me to write. an afternoon with her is a good afternoon indeed.
today, lynn and loveshack (no, i don't call him that...but that is his name in blog world) came for the afternoon. poetry was discussed (of course); lynn is teaching me so much. it is fun! (picture me doing a little happy dance about all that i am learning!) and while i was putting out way too much food, loveshack and my jon had some discussions "outside" in the way men do as lynn did some HTML housekeeping with my blog. so, we ate good food and laughed and then we went to the zoo because i had to show lynn the baby seahorses jon and i discovered last week. okay, the adults are about the size of a quarter, so imagine the newly born babies. basically a piece of dust. they are incredible.
and now i am working some more. but soon i will be making new creations with my hands, my brain, and a little machine that sews. can't wait!
i feel good. connecting. singing. eating. laughing. i feel content and a bit lighter.
how are you?
liz lamoreux
Reader Comments (21)
Pictures! We need pictures!!!
Glad you had such a great weekend, Liz Elayne. It sounds truly wonderful.
Yes! I want some eye food too! Glad to hear you are feeling so positive!
Sounds like good fun! I can't wait to see pictures myself......
So glad you had such a lovely weekend. ALl we really need is good music, great friends, and yummy food! Your part of the world sounds so beautiful, I can't wait to venture down and explore one day!
Happy happy happy hangs over thy head! (What the heck does that mean?) Anyway...glad you had such a good time!
Yes, Happy 5th of July! I can picture you smiling through the words.
yeah, that's what i was gonna say.. where are the photos???!
sounds like a gorgeous time was had by all.. can't wait to see your creations (and pictures of you girls. oh, i said that already :-)
right. off to listen to the Indigo Girls... love to you
x
That sounds like a wonderful time! And how fun that you got to hand out with two good blogging friends.
:)
Glad to hear you are having such fun and happy times.
I love fabric stores too...
the one by me also has a big fake plant and flower isle and Ethan is always asks if we can go into the jungle store!
Looking forward to seeing your creations!
What a wonderful post -- I can feel the happy dancing! It's great you're so inspired lately, doing so many creative things. I love Fabric Depot too, even though I don't sew! Can't wait to see what you make. I was so sorry to miss you last weekend, sounds like you gals had a lovely time all around. I can't believe Kelly is essentially GONE now. What a big bummer! Hope to see you soon, though!
Wow! Fun stuff! I want an ipod for my birthday! :)
How am I? Well, after catching up on your blog I am warm and fuzzy, with a tear in my right eye and a crooked stupid, halfgrin on the left side of my mouth. I sort of feel we've been on a very similar rollercoaster these past days. Sadly, mine plugged up my pen and kept me from a keyboard, but I'll get there from here, thinking of you with your blogo-buddies dancing. Thanks for this wonderful series of posts, mostly for the one that shared the sound of your voice. I'd put that poem on an i-pod!
I had fun! I had fun! I had fun! You made great food, and the animals were cool to visit, except for the scary tuna, and it was all over way too soon.
(And WHO KNEW sea horses could be so small!)
AHHHHHH.
(that was the scream of the jealous.)
you SAW the indigo girls!
ack.
i'm green with envy.
(for the record, my absolute favorite-ist song by them
is kid fears with micheal stipe
doing background vocals...
it makes the hairs on my neck
stand up)
YAY! What happiness and light and joy here! I'm so jealous you saw the Indigo Girls. I'm certainly going to have to see them in my lifetime. SO happy for you and your light heartedness dear! xoxo
What a yummy weekend. How wonderful all that you described. Good food for the soul!
a.
What a wonderful time...it makes my heart leap in joy for you all! Though I must admit I'm a bit jealous...longing for the connections I feel through cyber space to be experienced in person as well:) Sigh.
I'm back and enjoying your writing, the flow of your words, the raw beauty that finds its way from your spirit onto these pages...
So glad to hear you doing well...
Love to you,
TD
What fun! All that and seahorses too??!! :)
It's just delicious hearing you so joyful and content! I'm envious you got to see the Indigo Girls! Any time they are here in Toronto -I am there! But so far they don't have us booked on this tour.
I still remember when they sang Tether at the last concert here. It was a new song. I hadn't heard it before. It reached into my heart and hasn't let go. I'm looking forward to your Virginia Woolf post!
Sounds like a great few days. Were the Indigo Girls at the zoo? Those are great events, those zoo concerts. So relaxing. Sorry I missed ya by a day...but I did think of you when we were having breakfast at Doug Fir on Monday morning. :)
wonderful times! i am jealous about your getting to hang out with so many fab-fab-faboulous women.