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Jana Remy

  • Writing
    • Disability
    • Making History
    • Digital Humanities
      • dayofDH
    • Canoeing
    • Creative Nonfiction & Essays
    • Feminism
    • Bibliographies
      • Pacific Worlds Bibliography
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saying yes
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saying yes

written by Jana May 29, 2009

orange skirt & edamame, originally uploaded by pilgrimgirl.

Today I said “Yes” to:

-an orange swishy skirt, my new favorite. feeling so good against my legs in the breeze

-edamame from my favorite blue bowl on the porch in the afternoon, with crushed sea salt on top (yum!)

-a new haircut (way overdue), from a new super-good stylist who invested more than an hour in my crop of thin hair, gave me an awesome scalp massage, and had me giggling the whole time. Anyone who needs a referral, drop a line in the comments!

-getting work done on my dissertation and making a significant discovery about two of “my” doctors.

-reading Moby Dick on the beach as the kiddos were at paddling practice in the early evening:

“Yes, as everyone knows, meditation and water are wedded for ever…”

PS: H/T to Maddie for the style of this post & photo. She is always an inspiration. :)

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Dejah Thoris May 29, 2009 - 8:33 pm

Yes! and more Yes!

Thank you, Jana. You continue to inspire me.

I have come to believe and understand it is much better to recognize and focus on the positives rather than the worrisome, perfectionistic and disabling negatives.

Love,
Y.

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Alli Easley May 30, 2009 - 4:36 am

Love the orange skirt. Love the bowl, love the sea salt, love the whole thing. It's almost meditative to read this post. You are ♥'d

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Hi there friend, and welcome to my blog. I started writing on the internet two decades ago. Since then I've started and finished a PhD program, left the Mormon church and became a Quaker, got divorced, remarried, found full-time work in academia, took up rock climbing and outrigger canoeing, and traveled across the globe (China! Belgium! Italy! Chicago! Montana! Portland! Gettysburg! and oh-so-many points in-between). This blog is eclectic and random--it has poetry and cooking and books. And cats. And flowers. And the ocean (my ocean). But in that sense it's a good reflection of me and my wide-ranging, far-reaching, magpie curiosity.

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