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This is a space for inky explorations of faith, relationships, life practices, nature, and more. Welcome!

All in meditation

Mar 3

Mar 3 Slowly, Slowly

Esther

meditation

lessons from the trees

Feb 17

Feb 17 The Forgotten Fruit

Esther

meditation

reflections on a recent trip to Taiwan

Sep 5

Sep 5 Receiving the Day

Esther

life practice, meditation

seeing each day not as something we begin but something we receive

Aug 22

Aug 22 What I Learned From Being Sick

Esther

life practice, meditation

reflections from a period of recent illness

May 14

May 14 Cutting Your Losses

Esther

parenting, life practice, meditation

what a failed piano exam taught me about counting sunk costs

Mar 26

Mar 26 Knitting

Esther

meditation, life practice

reflections on the craft and why I keep doing it

Jan 24

Jan 24 Learning Slowly

Esther

meditation

pacing myself in the acquisition of knowledge

Nov 20

Nov 20 November Fall

Esther

meditation

surprising things I’m grateful for

Oct 29

Oct 29 Feeling Disappointment

Esther

meditation

thoughts on what it feels like

Sep 18

Sep 18 Everything That Is, Is Holy

Esther

meditation, life practice

living through to the sacred in all things

Aug 9

Aug 9 Radical Contentment

Esther

life practice, bible, meditation

contentment not as a momentary feeling but a state of being

Mar 21

Mar 21 Noticing Without Judgment

Esther

life practice, meditation

learning how to sit with my feelings and what they show me