Happy birthday!!! I too recognize aging as a gift (42 here!) and honestly 40s have been great in many ways. Hummingbirds are the shit -- I have a tattoo of one! Small joys are the key to life. So psyched to your latest book on my vacation next month!
Happy Birthday! Welcome to age 46, I am here too and it's been pretty great so far. :-) I too did not know about butts showing, and share a deep joy whenever I see a hummingbird. They are amazingly magical creatures.
Happy birthday Kate!! I always remember your birthday bc it was my mom’s (you two couldn’t have been more different though)! Hope it’s a great one! And I also didn’t know about butts!!
Firstly, I hope your birthday was the absolute loveliest. You deserve all of the good things in your life!
Secondly, thank you for what you wrote about gratitude journaling and not feeling guilty for writing the same things over and over. I have tried it at various points in my life and immediately felt weird and bad that I *couldn't* come up with something new every day. (This is also why I briefly thought about doing a stitch-a-day journal, but knew I'd feel pressured to have some new experience each day so I could have a different motif to embroider all of the time and didn't have a whole month wedge filled with the same thing.)
The next time I try gratitude journaling, I'm going to keep in mind that Kate said it's okay to exclaim about a hummingbird over and over!
Happy Birthday!! I so wish I could attend your book event at Back Cove, I know that you & Hannah will be such a joy together! I visited Maine last month and managed to stop at 4 book stores, including Back Cove for the first time. How cool that the building it’s in used to be a bank and that they’ve got bookshelves in the vault!
Happy birthday, Kate!! I'll be 42 next week and I just today started Ross Gay's Book of Delights and realized that he started writing it on his 42nd birthday! It's sort of like a gratitude journal. Love that I started that book and got this post from you on the same day. I hope you have an amazing birthday.
Happy birthday!!! I too recognize aging as a gift (42 here!) and honestly 40s have been great in many ways. Hummingbirds are the shit -- I have a tattoo of one! Small joys are the key to life. So psyched to your latest book on my vacation next month!
Oh, a hummingbird tattoo! I love this. Way cooler than my butterfly tattoo from 1998 LOL. XOXO
Happy Birthday! Welcome to age 46, I am here too and it's been pretty great so far. :-) I too did not know about butts showing, and share a deep joy whenever I see a hummingbird. They are amazingly magical creatures.
I love them! I have four feeders in my yard bc I want them to love me, lol.
I need to get one! I have a honeysuckle that they love but I want more!
Happy birthday Kate!! I always remember your birthday bc it was my mom’s (you two couldn’t have been more different though)! Hope it’s a great one! And I also didn’t know about butts!!
Thank you my friend!
Firstly, I hope your birthday was the absolute loveliest. You deserve all of the good things in your life!
Secondly, thank you for what you wrote about gratitude journaling and not feeling guilty for writing the same things over and over. I have tried it at various points in my life and immediately felt weird and bad that I *couldn't* come up with something new every day. (This is also why I briefly thought about doing a stitch-a-day journal, but knew I'd feel pressured to have some new experience each day so I could have a different motif to embroider all of the time and didn't have a whole month wedge filled with the same thing.)
The next time I try gratitude journaling, I'm going to keep in mind that Kate said it's okay to exclaim about a hummingbird over and over!
Happy Birthday!! I so wish I could attend your book event at Back Cove, I know that you & Hannah will be such a joy together! I visited Maine last month and managed to stop at 4 book stores, including Back Cove for the first time. How cool that the building it’s in used to be a bank and that they’ve got bookshelves in the vault!
Happy birthday, Kate!
I’m so grateful to be reminded of hummingbird wonder-and the beauty of little birds with sweet songs! Happy birthday!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY KATE!!!!
Happiest birthday to you!
Happy birthday, Kate!! I'll be 42 next week and I just today started Ross Gay's Book of Delights and realized that he started writing it on his 42nd birthday! It's sort of like a gratitude journal. Love that I started that book and got this post from you on the same day. I hope you have an amazing birthday.
Happy Birthday!! I write 3 positive things in my journal every night so I go to sleep with positive vibes!!
Grateful for you, Kate, and hope you have a great birthday!