Enjoying lately

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Things I’ve Been Enjoying Lately

Improving my calligraphy website, by degrees. Next up: A new logo and some improved shoots of my portfolio and styles.
Accordingly, buying lots of new calligraphy supplies, to take myself and my little practice more seriously. Paper & Ink Arts is the best.
Cleaning out and organizing my studio; finding useful slips of pretty paper.
Dr. Martin’s Iridescent Copperplate Gold ink. It’s magic. No other gold ink even compares.
Reading! Always reading.
Looking out every morning at my Japanese maple seedling, a gift from Kyle.
Wearing pants, because the weather has been mild enough that they are comfortable again.
Our weeknight regimen of “salon,” in which we cannot watch TV but must instead walk the dogs, sit and read, play guitar, and/or discuss ideas. (TV is permissible on the weekends now. On the current docket: “The Wire” (just finished season 3), “The Leftovers,” and “Peep Show.”)
Monday nights with Maddy and Tara.
Plotting what I’m going to plant in the front yard this fall. Front yard goal: Entirely landscaped; no grass to speak of.
Eden’s new habit of leaning up against my chair while I read. She’s not begging for anything, just sitting with adorable closeness and cuddliness; it’s so unusual for her, and I love it.