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Archives for April 2015

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Plant Life

30 April, 2015

Good Bones | Plant Life

I discovered a great plant shop thanks to my route to acupuncture on Mondays. Healing my body and relaxing is a favorite part of the week, now made even better by getting to roam the plant nursery afterward. I’ve been a couple times in recent weeks and picked up things that have been hard to find elsewhere. I experience so much joy and pleasure watching them grow and flourish, tending to each plant with love and care. The diversity and beauty in God’s creation is fascinating and I see so clearly in nature his own majesty. It’s especially uplifting to bring that beauty indoors. All our plants bring a great peace to our space and I love them for that. This weekend I’m headed to a plant sale/swap and it’s very likely I’ll bring a new beauty back with me. I can’t resist.

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Art + Design

Palefroi

24 April, 2015

1952 by Damien Tran

It’s not every day you come across a body of work so perfectly matched to your aesthetic that it makes you both jealous and inspired, but that’s certainly the case with Palefroi, a Berlin based design, screen print, and illustration studio made up of Damien Tran and Marion Jdanoff. The books are my favorite–they make me want to get out my collage supplies and start creating immediately. I had a terribly difficult time deciding which ones to feature. See more of their perfectly weird and wonderful work at Palefroi and shop the goods here.

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Art + Design

Favorites: Morgan Peck

21 April, 2015

Favorites: Morgan Peck

Favorites: Morgan Peck | Good Bones

David recently gave me the sweetest gift, a beautiful Morgan Peck sculpture. I’ve been a fan for a long time and I’m so thrilled to now have her work as part of my ceramics collection. David is always finding ways to make me feel special and I love knowing he cares about my interests. His birthday is coming up and I’m really looking forward to doing the same for him. He can be tough to buy presents for but I’m getting better at it and can’t wait to surprise him!

Style

Black & Blue

10 April, 2015

Good Bones | Black & Blue

Good Bones | Black & Blue

Inspiration for the weekend from OAK.
top | pants | shoes

Renovation

Wordless

9 April, 2015

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Life

Canal Walk

7 April, 2015

Good Bones | Canal Walk

After Easter lunch with my family David and I headed to the canal for a quick walk. It’s one of our favorite places. There’s a new trail we’re going to take next time and hopefully soon we can make it out to some of the areas further down the Savannah River. I plan to run the canal more this summer–it’s easier on my legs, cooler, and much more beautiful than other routes I take. One thing that bums us out is the trash we see and our plan is to bring along supplies to clean up a bit next time. We’re proud of this city and want to show it.

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Making Time

3 April, 2015

Good Bones | Making Time

Good Bones | Making Time

The last few weeks have been full. We’ve been out of town a few times on short trips–meetings, a conference (for David), and celebrating my birthday last week. David gifted me with a day-trip to Charleston and even though it rained and I wasn’t feeling my best, we had a sweet time, which is always something to be grateful for. But David and I have fallen prey to the monster that is busyness and we need to examine whether that fits in with what we want and what we believe. The filling up of our time hasn’t necessary been productive.

In Charleston, despite being glad for the comfort of my husband, I was overwhelmed by fear–my emotions heightened to the point of tears and trembling and retreating with no understanding of how to make it better. My anxiety has been on the rise since December, and although I’m not sure of the exact trigger yet, this post resonated with me. Simply acknowledging that something feels off is freeing.

Anxiety has been a struggle for me all my life, and later I realized depression as well, but now, at the point where I avoid everything and everyone who isn’t my husband, something’s got to give. My responses are as much a natural physiological reaction to stimuli (crowds, being the center of attention, going someplace new alone, having to talk to strangers) as they are responses to the things specific to my life that cause me stress, a persistent and often debilitating tendency to worry. The smallest interactions seem terrifying because of what might happen, what topic might come up, what uncomfortable or sorrowful thing I may have to deal with when what I really want to do is pretend it doesn’t exist. Every interaction is a possible scenario in which I’ll have to explain myself, justify myself, prove my worth to others when I don’t know if I believe it to be true. A situation where I’ll have to take stock of my life and find myself wanting. The simple question, “What have you been up to?” overwhelms me, and that’s just not right. It’s not right that much of my life feels like getting by, or hiding. But it is okay. As difficult as it is, I do believe I’m exactly where I need to be.

I’m making time to understand how I feel, starting with writing this post, something I’ve been avoiding. I’m thankful for my husband who’s pushed me to think about what’s been going on physically and emotionally, pushed me to accept those parts of myself without giving in to them. I’m beginning to see that I can free myself from these mental burdens, this loneliness and isolation. I’m not confined to the limitations I’ve always believed my anxiety placed on me.

In a few weeks I’ll be going with David to book related events, things I usually skip out of fear. And that’s a good start.

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