We drove by your new home yesterday on our way to the first 'farm to table' so to speak of the season. It looked awfully lonely, as if begging for your arrival. You will be here soon, and the sun is shining, so hold on.
Thanks, Susan! I am so ready to be done with this move, and to be able to focus on spreading light and love in the world. Enjoy the local food coming on as summer comes in.
Thank you again for your inspiring words!!!!!!!!!! Soon you will be able to enjoy your new found home-loss is always hard I have found and you are recognizing the time spent in the home you inhabited, taking stock and try to see it as it was a positive way forward-and gave you the courage to take the next steps. The disarray currently in waiting to move-keep busy, get outside, have coffee with friends close by to absorb and then let go of this in between time.
Yes to all of your insights here, Cynthia. Liminal times are always difficult for me, and especially with everything negative loose in the world. But together we will persist and spread our light. Blessings to you.
Were in this together!!! Joyce Vance always comments at the end in her Civil Discourse substack that it is important to feel joy in this mess we are currently in to get through these tough times. XO Cynthia
A good reminder! Also we need to be honest about how hard it feels, and reach for each other's hands when we need support. Thank you for offering yours. xo back.
Leenie, how kind of you! I do have a website which I basically ignore, but it does include all of my 13 books and some of my other writing. :) It's at https://susanjtweit.com Blessings to you.
I love your writing, Susan! Always! Thank you for sharing your honesty and your heart. You and your words are a gift to this world. I feel you on the exhaustion of transition--and everything else. We're in this together. 🙏
There are so many wonderful farms in the Paonia area, and that is one reason I'm delighted to be moving back. I'm moving next week, but I will need a few days to get myself sorted out and organized before seeing anyone. I'll let you know when I'm ready to surface.... :)
When I was a kid, one of my chores was cleaning my parents' bathroom. On their mirror was a sticker which read, "this too shall pass." I had no clue what it meant or why Mom had put it there. Now, some 50 plus years later, I finally understand. Not that things will necessarily get better, no promises there, but that maybe tomorrow I'll be more balanced and ready to face the challenges. Thanks for your thoughtful writings and may you slow dance through this transition.
Oh, yeah, a kid would not relate to "This too shall pass"! But it's certainly a very appropriate aphorism for these times, and thanks for the reminder of what it means. I know you know how wild and unbalanced life can feel, and yet, here we are. Thanks for your friendship and wisdom over these decades.
Thank you for sharing feelings that are present with most of us these days. I too have experienced tiny surprise gifts of words lately that have swelled up to change my entire outlook on the day. Let’s just keep offering our hearts to one another and listening in love…
Kathryn, I am glad you are receiving those kinds of grace notes too. It's such a blessing to have reassurance/encouragement/support come out of the blue like that! And I love the way you put it: "Let's just keep offering our hearts to one another and listening in love." Absolutely! Thank you.
A move is always a wrench, no matter if it is to a better situation. I well know that after a number of moves. You'll get through it and I'm sure that you'll settle in and be finally at home. Right now you just have to keep on until that day is reached.
Thank you, David, for that reassurance. I just have to have faith in the path and I will indeed be very, very glad to finally be at home. Right now, the boxes are proliferating and I am feeling dislocated. But this too shall pass, as Martha said above!
As you say, you never know.... Your words have helped me many times - your positive outlook, your coping stategies, your determination to share - the good, the not so good, the ugly. LIFE! Kindness matters.
Your stories on Substack are inspiring. Moving is one of the biggest stresses we face. I know you know to be easy on yourself and to envision the bigger picture.
Each of us is a light and the more lights that join together the better we'll be. It's like the single candle at a vigil that ends up lighting every candle in the space because everyone shares the flame with someone else.
We are definitely living during challenging and confusing times. I know I have my share of meltdowns and then I start a new with my next breath.
Patricia, Thank you for that image of a single candle lighting all the others. That's a beautiful and heartening example of how we not only support each other, but we multiply our gifts by working together. And thank you for the encouragement and support! Blessings.
And that is a wonderful gift! Okay, two gifts, finding your tribe, and having your faith in humanity restored. I'm glad to be part of both in my own small way.
The times of transition always seem to me to be so hard; I've always tried to maintain the surface of a house just until leaving (and have been fortunate not to have to move very often during my life). I remember during the last move, taking down my collected vintage containers from their open kitchen shelving -- only to put them back for one more day, the dissonance being too much for me!
Oh, I so understand what you mean, Lisa! I am a meticulous packer, and I like to pack everything in one room at a time, so I can find things when I am unpacking, but I also keep my most precious things out until the last minute, which sometimes makes for a chaotic final packing! The liminal phase of being betwixt and between is hard for me as well. But we survive, as your experience shows. Thank you for your wisdom and many blessings to you.
Yes there is much going on in the world that brings me and many others sadness. Saturday Front Range Wild Ones has 3,000 native plants they are giving away to members. There will be many happy, smiling faces, and it will bring a lot of joy to all living things.
Stay strong, we will all come through this together.
Cherie, I love that image of Front Range Wild Ones giving away 3,000 native plants. And all who have grown and nurtured those plants get the joy of knowing they are contributing to healthy gardens and yards, and those who receive them get the gift of rooting native plants in their lives and seeing them reweave the community of the land. What a great blessing that is! Thanks for the reassurance and for your part in re-storying Front Range landscapes.
Dearest Susan: Your books still live! Our son Chris just a few days ago mentioned you. Some friend had questioned his knowledge about nature, plants and birds. His answer was he reads your books. He is joined by uncounted others who have learned about our southwestern lands by using your well-written books on our natural world. Yes, all of us who love the outdoors and see destruction coming are very worried. We try to be ever more aware of those we come in contact with every day so that we greet each other warmly and mean it when we ask "how are you?" Kindness is a two-way benefit. Vi and Ron Cauthon
Dear Vi and Ron, You two are such bright lights, and you have raised such wonderful kids! Thank you for being you, and for your examples of living with open hearts and open minds. I so appreciate you!
Change is hard and moving one of the hardest of all changes; even when we want it! It is a tough time for you and many of us are here for you. Reach out and take our hands.
Thank you, Linda! I feel your support and it buoys me. Moving is hard, no doubt about it. It's the times that make this particular move so hard, honestly. The anxiety and uncertainty and outright fear for our country. It helps to know that we are working together, supporting each other, and doing our best to shine our lights on this troubled world. Blessings.
You are strong, resilient, and a light in the world. I'm sending you lots of good energy.
Thank you, Christina. I so appreciate your support. And I will say the same back to you, along with the good energy coming your way.
We drove by your new home yesterday on our way to the first 'farm to table' so to speak of the season. It looked awfully lonely, as if begging for your arrival. You will be here soon, and the sun is shining, so hold on.
Thanks, Susan! I am so ready to be done with this move, and to be able to focus on spreading light and love in the world. Enjoy the local food coming on as summer comes in.
Thank you again for your inspiring words!!!!!!!!!! Soon you will be able to enjoy your new found home-loss is always hard I have found and you are recognizing the time spent in the home you inhabited, taking stock and try to see it as it was a positive way forward-and gave you the courage to take the next steps. The disarray currently in waiting to move-keep busy, get outside, have coffee with friends close by to absorb and then let go of this in between time.
Yes to all of your insights here, Cynthia. Liminal times are always difficult for me, and especially with everything negative loose in the world. But together we will persist and spread our light. Blessings to you.
Were in this together!!! Joyce Vance always comments at the end in her Civil Discourse substack that it is important to feel joy in this mess we are currently in to get through these tough times. XO Cynthia
A good reminder! Also we need to be honest about how hard it feels, and reach for each other's hands when we need support. Thank you for offering yours. xo back.
And now I will be looking for more of your work beyond Substack. Thank you for all the hope and goodness you bring to the world, Susan! 🌿💚
Leenie, how kind of you! I do have a website which I basically ignore, but it does include all of my 13 books and some of my other writing. :) It's at https://susanjtweit.com Blessings to you.
Just got back home from travels, Susan. I will check it out!
I love your writing, Susan! Always! Thank you for sharing your honesty and your heart. You and your words are a gift to this world. I feel you on the exhaustion of transition--and everything else. We're in this together. 🙏
We are in this together, and I am grateful to be walking alongside you. Thank you for the support!
I do love your writings and your insides and hope the move will be exactly what you need. Thanks for being there.
Thank you for the support, Gisela. May we all support each other with grace and empathy in these times.... Blessings!
Your new home is within a mile of a fabulous 'greens' farm. Loved the experience yesterday.
Let me know the day you're moving in.
There are so many wonderful farms in the Paonia area, and that is one reason I'm delighted to be moving back. I'm moving next week, but I will need a few days to get myself sorted out and organized before seeing anyone. I'll let you know when I'm ready to surface.... :)
When I was a kid, one of my chores was cleaning my parents' bathroom. On their mirror was a sticker which read, "this too shall pass." I had no clue what it meant or why Mom had put it there. Now, some 50 plus years later, I finally understand. Not that things will necessarily get better, no promises there, but that maybe tomorrow I'll be more balanced and ready to face the challenges. Thanks for your thoughtful writings and may you slow dance through this transition.
Oh, yeah, a kid would not relate to "This too shall pass"! But it's certainly a very appropriate aphorism for these times, and thanks for the reminder of what it means. I know you know how wild and unbalanced life can feel, and yet, here we are. Thanks for your friendship and wisdom over these decades.
Thank you for sharing feelings that are present with most of us these days. I too have experienced tiny surprise gifts of words lately that have swelled up to change my entire outlook on the day. Let’s just keep offering our hearts to one another and listening in love…
Kathryn, I am glad you are receiving those kinds of grace notes too. It's such a blessing to have reassurance/encouragement/support come out of the blue like that! And I love the way you put it: "Let's just keep offering our hearts to one another and listening in love." Absolutely! Thank you.
A move is always a wrench, no matter if it is to a better situation. I well know that after a number of moves. You'll get through it and I'm sure that you'll settle in and be finally at home. Right now you just have to keep on until that day is reached.
Thank you, David, for that reassurance. I just have to have faith in the path and I will indeed be very, very glad to finally be at home. Right now, the boxes are proliferating and I am feeling dislocated. But this too shall pass, as Martha said above!
As you say, you never know.... Your words have helped me many times - your positive outlook, your coping stategies, your determination to share - the good, the not so good, the ugly. LIFE! Kindness matters.
Kindness does matter, Sue, and thank you so much for yours. Blessings to you.
Your stories on Substack are inspiring. Moving is one of the biggest stresses we face. I know you know to be easy on yourself and to envision the bigger picture.
Each of us is a light and the more lights that join together the better we'll be. It's like the single candle at a vigil that ends up lighting every candle in the space because everyone shares the flame with someone else.
We are definitely living during challenging and confusing times. I know I have my share of meltdowns and then I start a new with my next breath.
Patricia, Thank you for that image of a single candle lighting all the others. That's a beautiful and heartening example of how we not only support each other, but we multiply our gifts by working together. And thank you for the encouragement and support! Blessings.
That's why I like visiting Substack. I feel like my tribe is here. I've met such lovely writers who give me back my faith in humanity.
And that is a wonderful gift! Okay, two gifts, finding your tribe, and having your faith in humanity restored. I'm glad to be part of both in my own small way.
The times of transition always seem to me to be so hard; I've always tried to maintain the surface of a house just until leaving (and have been fortunate not to have to move very often during my life). I remember during the last move, taking down my collected vintage containers from their open kitchen shelving -- only to put them back for one more day, the dissonance being too much for me!
Oh, I so understand what you mean, Lisa! I am a meticulous packer, and I like to pack everything in one room at a time, so I can find things when I am unpacking, but I also keep my most precious things out until the last minute, which sometimes makes for a chaotic final packing! The liminal phase of being betwixt and between is hard for me as well. But we survive, as your experience shows. Thank you for your wisdom and many blessings to you.
Yes there is much going on in the world that brings me and many others sadness. Saturday Front Range Wild Ones has 3,000 native plants they are giving away to members. There will be many happy, smiling faces, and it will bring a lot of joy to all living things.
Stay strong, we will all come through this together.
Cherie, I love that image of Front Range Wild Ones giving away 3,000 native plants. And all who have grown and nurtured those plants get the joy of knowing they are contributing to healthy gardens and yards, and those who receive them get the gift of rooting native plants in their lives and seeing them reweave the community of the land. What a great blessing that is! Thanks for the reassurance and for your part in re-storying Front Range landscapes.
Dearest Susan: Your books still live! Our son Chris just a few days ago mentioned you. Some friend had questioned his knowledge about nature, plants and birds. His answer was he reads your books. He is joined by uncounted others who have learned about our southwestern lands by using your well-written books on our natural world. Yes, all of us who love the outdoors and see destruction coming are very worried. We try to be ever more aware of those we come in contact with every day so that we greet each other warmly and mean it when we ask "how are you?" Kindness is a two-way benefit. Vi and Ron Cauthon
Dear Vi and Ron, You two are such bright lights, and you have raised such wonderful kids! Thank you for being you, and for your examples of living with open hearts and open minds. I so appreciate you!
Change is hard and moving one of the hardest of all changes; even when we want it! It is a tough time for you and many of us are here for you. Reach out and take our hands.
Thank you, Linda! I feel your support and it buoys me. Moving is hard, no doubt about it. It's the times that make this particular move so hard, honestly. The anxiety and uncertainty and outright fear for our country. It helps to know that we are working together, supporting each other, and doing our best to shine our lights on this troubled world. Blessings.