why I don't make solos

I am grateful for dancers. At this moment I am particularly grateful for the dancers working on this odd little duet with me. They are creatively generous. Or generously creative? And they are patient and playful and lovely. This is why I don't make solos!

coaching

I am grateful for El's audition coaching. Whatever happens, it was fun to think about objectives and options and paying attention. Plus she fed me too. Thank you, El!

sharing

It's pretty awesome sharing this blog, so the gratitude can keep flowing even when I am not personally expressing mine (at least not electronically). So, I am grateful for the collaboration!

Oh, and also I am grateful for the opportunity to shake my booty to good music and with good friends for hours this weekend.

That was a lot of prepositions in one sentence.

end pleonasm

i am so grateful for word nerds who have populated an entire wikipedia page with examples of [the hated] pleonasm, which is frankly the most idiotic and annoying way to use our lovely language.

thanks, word nerds.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleonasm

besties!

i'm grateful for my bestie

who understands my ADD & half completed sentences and is really fun to drink wine and play fashion show with.

who doesn't mind when i finish a sentence with a preposition,

and besides her many other talents, she cooks yummy kale!

wild

i'm grateful to live in a place where these things grow wild. especially that they have taken up residence in my yard. my mom had a bouquet of calla lilies at her wedding to my stepdad, and they were exotic and beautiful. now they remind me of her every morning.

blooms

this happened in my house. i bought this orchid , in full bloom, when i started my job last year. it's been a year of public service, and while I'm not thrilled with the results, I am proud that I got this to happen.

(i may have grown these? i can't remember.)

challenges don't always come where we expect them. i thought the orchid would be really hard, and the job would be fantastic. It's the opposite-- the job has been quite a trial, and the orchid was a delight.

i'm grateful for lessons learned, especially when they end with something beautiful.