day three...walking in leaves...

100 ideas by keri smith::number one:
Go for a walk. Draw or list things you find on the the sidewalk.

i did this yesterday...the sun was shining,
the leaves were crisp and crunchy under my feet...
i went to the nearest trail and
walked with my camera and a pad and pencil...
i tried to really take notice of what was around me...
then halfway in, i stopped and drew and wrote
for quite a while...
it was great.

as i walked back to the car
it occured to me
how happy
such a small exercise
had made me...
"and suddenly, it is freeing...
it is liberating to think i don't care...
i'm wearing a sweater that is marked
with the dirt of 15 past photo sessions,
my husband's sweater jammed on over that,
covered still in birdox
from taking pictures at the beach...
i haven't brushed my hair in 2 days
and i have it covered up
with ten's orange burton hat,
long outgrown by him...passed down to me...
and i am happy...i am ecstatic...
i am safe and loved and free and healthy...
how can i not be happy."

and this is good.
this is a good place to be.
a place where i could stay.