Noticeables - October Edition

Moments of enchantment, curiosity, delight

A few months ago, I started keeping a note in my phone of little things that catch my eye throughout the month. I don’t do anything with it, it’s the exercise in noticing that is the point. I have a mind that always seems to be somewhere else and this little practice helps me to be more present, even if just for a few moments.

October’s list, in the order in which they were added:

• Feather season continued

• Jack playing in the neighbor’s sprinkler as it came through the fence

• That one cheeseburger with the perfect gluten-free bun - soft and perfectly toasted

• Brunch with new noble friends

• Lola and her elephant

• The undeniable perfection of my mom’s pumpkin bars

• The smell of the morning after overnight rain

• Being cold after a season of being hot

• Brunch with my young niece

• The Thursday evening that I ate ice cream (really frozen yogurt gelato - Noosa’s Out of This Swirl Lemon Bar) for dinner

• Finding treasures at a second-hand store with a good friend

• The weird little bloom on one of my house plants

• Punk rock elm

• Learning that lichen is really two organisms - alga and fungus - that live in balanced reciprocity. We have a lot to learn from lichen.

If you created your own list from this month, what’s on it? If you’re so inclined, please share a few. I love other people’s curiosities and delights almost as much as I love my own.

Until next time,

Kim

Jack, Lola, and their elephant. And crocodile.