tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-296715932024-03-07T01:01:48.558-05:00Quiet Little LifeAS WE CREATE SO WE ARE CREATEDKAY PEREhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16464417296041103020noreply@blogger.comBlogger153125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29671593.post-30810441631028429852015-11-24T12:51:00.001-05:002015-11-24T13:03:41.473-05:00Meaning Basket for a Mindful Holiday Season
We've put up our Christmas tree early this year, two full weeks before Thanksgiving. The plan is to decorate it during the November calm so we'll be able to enjoy it even while busy with rehearsals and preparations for the annual LUNCH Holiday Show next week, and tired week that follows, when we'll be putting away mountains of scenery, props, and costumes.
With all that's been in KAY PEREhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16464417296041103020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29671593.post-75911529903016658972015-11-22T09:40:00.002-05:002015-11-22T10:01:22.446-05:0020151120 Happiness = New Words + New MelodyHappiness is listening to the radio on a long drive home
after a satisfying day of work, with a beautiful, pink-clouded sunset filling
the sky all around me.
Happiness is finding a program on the radio playing songs
Stephen Sondheim said he wished he'd written. Among the selections was one I'd
never heard before, a lump-in-the-throat-joyful-AHA-moment-feeling-at-the-end
sort of song, KAY PEREhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16464417296041103020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29671593.post-40981660444784377262015-11-19T17:15:00.000-05:002015-11-19T19:44:02.886-05:0020151119 The 3-Acre Woods and Beyond
I ventured into formerly forbidden territory and survived!
Though the same can't be said for whatever creature this was whose bones I found lying in a woodland thicket.
I'm just back from a walk in our woods AND the unexplored stretch of woods to the south of us.
I'd never gone very far over our property line in the past because I thought I'd be trespassing. No one could have seen meKAY PEREhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16464417296041103020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29671593.post-85518872609875091622014-07-12T17:48:00.001-04:002014-07-12T22:20:42.776-04:0020140712 Time Stamp Steel StealOver the past several years, Facebook has largely taken the place of writing and reading blogs for many people, myself included. At the same time, dissatisfaction grows with every new changed that Facebook makes. Many are unhappy with the way Facebook filters what we get to see. That's why there is renewed interest in communicating more broadly through other channels.It's been nearly a year sinceKAY PEREhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16464417296041103020noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29671593.post-29084832969540103372013-08-31T22:17:00.002-04:002013-09-01T00:16:34.517-04:0020130831 Rough Recording of "Gallery"Gallery
words and music by Kay Pere
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Well, here it is, a link to a very rough recording of my song "Gallery, sung live in one take to unedited, unmixed backing tracks I finally finished cobbling together today.
It's very important that we keep our promises, especially promises we make to ourselves. This recording is a promise kept and a celebration of health! It's far from KAY PEREhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16464417296041103020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29671593.post-46334428037266944512013-06-29T18:48:00.000-04:002013-07-06T22:21:40.045-04:0025 Days of Yclept Living: Bye-Bye Bowtie
Limitations are a part of life.
In my creative work, I have found that limits open new directions, new ways of looking at things.
Since life is the ultimate creative project, why shouldn't it function the same way?
Sometimes we intentionally impose limits on ourselves, as when I do my best to limit the amount of plastic that comes into my life. Sometimes we choose to limit KAY PEREhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16464417296041103020noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29671593.post-29352756894570157522013-01-13T23:36:00.001-05:002013-01-13T23:36:14.543-05:00Gaia Luna Video Tour: January Thaw
Gem the cat and I would like you to join us on our first ever video tour of Gaia Luna Garden.
We've chosen a pleasant day during our January thaw to make for easy walking. You'll see where we're starting the year. And in future videos you'll be able to watch how it grows.
Even in this cold time of long darknesses, we know we've turned the corner of the seasons, and we're heading back KAY PEREhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16464417296041103020noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29671593.post-22523129555032464232012-04-29T22:21:00.000-04:002015-04-13T11:29:24.749-04:00Eric Maisel Does For Mood What Michael Pollan Did For Food
MY REVIEW AND RESPONSE TO
"Rethinking Depression" by Eric Maisel
“In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto,” the 2008
bestseller by Michael Pollan challenged us to take back our food supply from
the “Nutritional Industrial Complex.”
Another bestselling author, Eric Maisel, psychologist and international creativity expert, in
“Rethinking Depression: How to Shed Mental KAY PEREhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16464417296041103020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29671593.post-34572502637576795862011-04-26T13:14:00.011-04:002011-09-13T11:48:38.620-04:00FREE DOWNLOAD: Grand Design: Artist's Prayer MINI-POSTERFREE PDFs to DOWNLOAD*COLOR MINI-POSTER The Grand Design: An Artist's PrayerB&W MINI-POSTER The Grand Design: An Artist's PrayerFormatted for 8x11 inch paper. Looks particularly yummy printed on beige card stock. You will need Acrobat reader or some other program to view the PDFs. Print settings may have to be adjusted to accommodate the size of the image within the allowable margins of your KAY PEREhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16464417296041103020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29671593.post-2387728585817536192011-04-17T22:30:00.001-04:002015-04-13T11:36:40.215-04:00Mehndi Heart in Hand: FREE DOWNLOAD Bookmarks
On 3/22/11, I decorated myself with mehndi designs (henna) as a way to mark an important rite of passage. I knew that by the time it faded I would be well on my way to better things.
Today, I celebrate the return of spring and a return to health after 4 months of difficulty, culminating in surgery and a brief hospitalization. (Nothing life threatening, just one of those things.) Most KAY PEREhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16464417296041103020noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29671593.post-23300685034941372282010-10-30T09:43:00.010-04:002011-04-16T15:14:33.626-04:00POETRY: Autumn SunriseAUTUMN SUNRISEAs I in morning stillness stoodFace pressed against the window sashTo watch an endless feathered flockDark silhouettes with dart and dashFlood across the opalescent skyDimly on the glass I sawInspired Mystery made plainMy breath inscribed a spectral heartUpon the frigid windowpane(c)2010 Kay Pere~Effusive Muse Publishing[Photo taken at sunrise at Gove Hill Retreat Center, Thetford, KAY PEREhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16464417296041103020noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29671593.post-40059379429829541622010-08-03T13:14:00.004-04:002010-08-03T13:56:40.613-04:00SACRED SHARDS: Carpe Diem ISpent the entire day yesterday working at the community center's pottery studio, 10:30 AM- 7:00 PM. As the day went by I took pictures of my work and the materials used.This morning while downloading and organizing recent photos from my digital camera I found several older pictures I'd intended to post and write about on my Sacred Shards Pottery blog. They'd been neatly filed on the computer KAY PEREhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16464417296041103020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29671593.post-11169393723262526812010-07-18T12:02:00.006-04:002010-07-18T14:01:38.922-04:00RECIPE: Lemon Cranberry SconesThis morning I had a little extra uninterrupted time, so to celebrate I decided to bake something. For me, baking is recreation. The time it requires, not to mention the butter and sugar, makes it feel like a decadent luxury.Since I was planning to go to church this morning, I could indulge in baking without eating the results all by myself. These lemony cranberry scones were shared at coffee KAY PEREhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16464417296041103020noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29671593.post-63078238474147372762010-06-05T16:18:00.007-04:002010-06-05T18:52:15.949-04:00BOOKS: Library Used Book Sale 2010Today was the first day of our local library's used book sale, something I look forward to all year long. I brought home an armload to fill mind and heart in the coming months. They're stacking up my red reading chair where I'll spend this evening browsing through them, building anticipation for future evenings spent absorbed in their contents.My most treasured purchase this year? (Pictured R, KAY PEREhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16464417296041103020noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29671593.post-31869896872972977062010-05-09T16:55:00.013-04:002011-05-08T17:11:31.413-04:00A Salute to All Who NurtureA Salute to All Who NurtureA salute to all who nurture on this day we set apart!To every step-mom and meta-mom, every giving mom-at-heart,To all the mystic mothers of music, dance & art,To each green-thumbed earth mother who gently does her part,To the soul & body's healers, beside us from the start,Happy Mothers' Day!You are remembered and loved.(c)2010 Kay Pere ~ Effusive Muse PublishingKAY PEREhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16464417296041103020noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29671593.post-54050186617204062862010-04-09T11:16:00.022-04:002010-04-28T15:27:10.666-04:00THREE PROJECTS: Laying the Groundwork <!--StartFragment-->About a month ago, I found myself at a crossroads.The people attending our songwriting retreat back in March asked me where they could find recordings of the songs I’d sung for them and when my Creative Compass book would be available for purchase. I realized that I needed to find an answer for myself to the same question they'd asked over and over during our workshops: “KAY PEREhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16464417296041103020noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29671593.post-50092704260444005932010-03-29T12:11:00.003-04:002010-03-29T16:23:49.387-04:00REFLECTION: a sigh of relief...March has been one of the busiest months I've experienced in many years. All of it good busy. Just too much constant activity on top of activity for my quiet temperament.Too much of a good thing is still too much.The past two months have been an uninterrupted stream of concerts to perform, retreats to lead, conference mentoring to offer, workshops to present, and pottery shows to manage. All KAY PEREhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16464417296041103020noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29671593.post-28717429511588767892010-02-18T10:07:00.011-05:002010-02-18T11:39:05.966-05:00BAKING: 1st Cake from Scratch!Yesterday's Creative Output:1 Chocolate Buttermilk Cake with Mocha Whipped Cream Frosting2 8-inch round layersLife can be home schooling for grown-ups.That's how I see it. I've turned off the TV, where I'd just be watching other people do things, and I've tuned in to learning and doing things myself instead, using my unscheduled time to following my curiosity.It has been a goal of mine for a KAY PEREhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16464417296041103020noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29671593.post-59112481376463783262010-02-12T18:23:00.003-05:002010-02-12T18:29:34.574-05:00SACRED SHARDS: New Blog, Vessel Shown & SoldSacred Shards Pottery, new blog, new post:READ MORE HERE: VESSELS: Ammonoidea I - SOLD!I recently imported all the posts I've made on this blog to a new blog that will focus specifically on "Sacred Shards Pottery." I will continue to update this "Quiet Little Life" blog with links over to my other topic-specific blogs so those who wish to can follow those areas in more depth.KAY PEREhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16464417296041103020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29671593.post-69016753870695043732010-02-10T10:23:00.005-05:002010-02-10T11:00:02.319-05:00ECO ACTION: SproutsWhen I saw this morning that Colin Beavan had mentioned sprouting on his No Impact Man blog as an easy way to start growing your own food, I just had to join the fun.This quart jar of sprouts was started last Wednesday with 1 Tbs each organic radish, red clover, and alfalfa seeds, rinsed and drained twice a day morning and evening each day since.In this picture are the sprouts remaining, and KAY PEREhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16464417296041103020noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29671593.post-72378559638099754582010-02-01T13:01:00.010-05:002010-02-01T14:04:17.850-05:00BREAD: Project Sourdough~Basic RecipeSome people have plants in their offices. In my studio, today, I have a living ball of sourdough on a slow rise to keep me company.BASIC SOURDOUGH BREADINGREDIENTS: 2 c active sourdough starter* (wild yeasts, all purpose flour, water)1 Tbs olive oil1 tsp salt2 c bread flour. That's it! Following usual bread making methods: stir, knead, rise, punch down, rest, form, rise, bake, EAT. This KAY PEREhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16464417296041103020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29671593.post-38587588156078045672009-12-24T12:46:00.009-05:002009-12-24T13:18:19.579-05:00Story Written on a Linen Dinner NapkinWishing everyone Happy Holidays, however you celebrate them! Today I'm ironing a half-dozen linen dinner napkins in preparation for our traditional Christmas morning breakfast.I found them for just a few dollars at a tag sale this past summer. Belonged to the mother of a local artist who never used them. And they have a fancy letter "P" embroidered on them. A serendipitous find!We've been KAY PEREhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16464417296041103020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29671593.post-36865541545899832452009-11-13T14:33:00.010-05:002009-11-13T18:02:09.452-05:00ECO ACTION: An American Eco-Radical?Last month, my friend, Catherine, from New Zealand responded to my blog post about my decision to start air drying more of my clothes by saying:"No criticism of you intended, but I'm always amazed at the things we think are normal in New Zealand that seem eco-radical to Americans!"Eco-radical? I don't think I've ever framed my choices as "eco-radical", but perhaps they're coming across that wayKAY PEREhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16464417296041103020noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29671593.post-79319697314611246882009-10-14T14:36:00.013-04:002009-10-14T17:49:13.081-04:00ECO ACTION: Air Drying ClothesI've decided to take the challenge over at Fake Plastic Fish to air dry at least one load of laundry each week. Have been doing this occasionally, but not in any methodical way. The idea is to use the electric dryer less, thereby consuming less electricity and contributing in this small way to reducing global warming.This week, already, I've air dried two full loads of laundry with very little KAY PEREhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16464417296041103020noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29671593.post-86879230932729831062009-07-27T08:53:00.014-04:002009-07-27T10:56:27.927-04:00SACRED SHARDS: Work Play Work PlayI've been working at play, playing at work, working and playing at clay for the past several weeks. Putting in many 9-10 hour days doing something I love to prepare for two artisan shows coming up:Stonington Village Fair: Saturday 8/1/09, 10 AM-4PM, Stonington Village Green, CTMystic Outdoor Art Festival: Saturday 8/8 10AM-6PM & Sunday 8/9/09 10AM-5PM. Look for my SACRED SHARDS booth in the KAY PEREhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16464417296041103020noreply@blogger.com2