Most days Little Eco and I stumble across something unusual. Slime mold, turtle shell, fallen eggs, camouflaged moth, and a forest of mushrooms emerging from a cow poo are just some of what we’ve found recently.
These encounters usually lead to a whole lots of playful learning.
This week I’m over at Childhood 101 sharing Five steps to nature inspired playful learning.
Speaking of elsewhere….I finally created a Little Eco Footprints Facebook page.
declared 2017 my ‘midlife gap year’—a year off to focus on living life rather than earning a living. A year to pause and ponder before moving onto the second half of my life. I embraced all the ‘r’ words: retreat, reflection, reevaluation, rejuvenation, and restoration. I found the whole experience so worthwhile, my midlife gap year extended to two years. It took that long for my pause to pay off, for me to reemerge—restored, renewed and ready.
Almost a year ago I wrote here that I was going to step away from this space for a month – to focus on home and start the new year with a calm mind and a clear vision.
It seems one month wasn’t enough. This space became one of the many casualties of me ruthlessly clearing the clutter from my schedule. A move that was necessary for me to move even closer to living the life that I aspire to.
We can’t have and do everything – we have to choose. And I chose to focus on home for a while.