Summer \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Under the Lily Moon<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen it\u2019s time to die, go ahead and die, and when it\u2019s time to live, live. Don\u2019t sort-of-maybe live, but live like you\u2019re going all out, like you\u2019re not afraid.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sue Monk Kidd,\u00a0The Secret Life of Bees<\/em><\/p>\n With Paul and Sarah on the road, this quote jumped out at me. (oh, toby, too) I so want to live on the very edge of my life, risking it all, trying to be the best me that I can be.<\/p>\n It probably doesn’t look like it from a moving to the wilds of the Maine coast position, but for me learning Latin and keeping bees put me out there, in a place no longer familiar, on lands foreign and challenging.<\/p>\n If I’m honest, and why wouldn’t I be, the big challenge for me is getting my work out there into the world. \u00a0It terrifies me and excites me, just not in equal measure. \u00a0The terror easily swamps the excitement.<\/p>\n Those of us with quiet treks, ancientrails walked alone or in private, can fall prey to adventure envy when the adventure has a physical component. \u00a0Climbing. \u00a0Skiing. Moving. I’m acquainted with this envy and envy is bad for the soul. \u00a0It diminishes the envier and the envied with a false comparison, a comparison between different journeys, neither more nor less profound or difficult. \u00a0Just different.<\/p>\n Traveling fills that adventure component for me, but I like returning to the familiar. \u00a0In fact, for me to walk my own ancientrail, I need a quiet home, peace during the day and a place to work. \u00a0With Kate I’ve found all these things. \u00a0A blessing in my life.<\/p>\n Now there’s that submitting my writing. \u00a0That’s an adventure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Summer \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Under the Lily Moon \u201cWhen it\u2019s time to die, go ahead and die, and when it\u2019s time to live, live. Don\u2019t sort-of-maybe live, but live like … Continue reading When It’s Time to Live, Live.<\/span>