sabbatical

4/20/2021

Well as you might have predicted
(though apparently I am clueless)--
allowing my making-worn carcass
to rest
is not one of my superpowers.

In the midst
of the ever-flowing river
of (often absurd) ideas
I want to share with you,
I keep trying/starting/experimenting with
"just this one more little thing"--
and my body doth protest.

So though I just got back
after the winter hiatus,
it seems the better part of valor
to stop once again--
and REALLY try
this time
to be still.

Happily for me,
the weather is not too shabby,
some lettuces have sprouted
and the library is only a few blocks away.

Happily for you (or so I hope)
there are 7 years of weekly blog archives
waiting to be explored--
many of which include
variations on the absurd ideas
mentioned above.

So till we meet again
take care--
be well--
and make
what you can't
not
begin
(gently, of course).

Martha Richter

4/20/2021 03:01:18 pm

Enjoy your quiet time...

Linda Healey

4/20/2021 03:03:21 pm

Goodbye and good restful times to you. There is no hurry, relax, be safe, let it be.

Barbara

4/20/2021 03:13:57 pm

God bless, relax, enjoy the quiet.... I'm new so those blogs will be a joy to read. xo

Pamela Hutley

4/20/2021 03:18:26 pm

Wishing you calm of body and mind. We know you are there and here. Your blog is an amazing library of fun, activity, and ideas!

Ghislaine

4/20/2021 03:20:40 pm

Take care of yourself and of those you love. I’ll miss your posts though.

Jenny Heard

4/20/2021 03:23:28 pm

Your sabbatical is well deserved. Enjoy it. I’ll miss your emails, but that’s ok. BTW, just had the brilliant idea that you should publish ALL of your blog entries in a book. A wonderful collection of words and drawings.
Jenny

Lin Keeling link

4/20/2021 04:13:01 pm

That is a great idea!!....but do it later....take care and be well

Sarah

4/27/2021 08:15:44 am

Gosh Jenny, do you want to edit it? (Hee hee!)

Judi Leatherberry

4/20/2021 03:29:12 pm

Enjoy your time off...I find when I take time off, it helps me to recharge my creative side, and I come back better than ever. I hope it works for you, too!

Cindy S

4/20/2021 03:29:24 pm

Being still and while being renewed by it it is an art that I've yet to achieve. I wish you luck and peace.

Velma Bolyard

4/20/2021 03:43:32 pm

may the springtide bring the renewal, rest, and gentle caring you might knot no you kneed. watch some flowers, please.

Sue Johnson

4/20/2021 03:48:50 pm

I have had so much pleasure from your blogs ...I shall miss them greatly. Thank you for the fun and and knowledge I have gained from them. Enjoy your quiet tIme it’s so important to to nurture yourself...with all best wishes to you

Eileen Van Bronkhorst

4/20/2021 04:03:23 pm

So excited for you to give yourself a break to explore what silence and stillness is. May this time bring a peaceful opportunity for exploring in a new way! Until next time..........

Patti Kirch

4/20/2021 04:14:08 pm

Dear Sarah, I like Jenny's idea and I like your idea of resting from social media too. Love to you and your wonderful Family and here's to reconnecting your natural self

Sandy link

4/20/2021 04:16:13 pm

Have FUN!

Lynn link

4/20/2021 04:41:19 pm

FLY!

May

4/20/2021 04:58:57 pm

Have a wonderful break and thanks for all you have shared with us!

claudia

4/20/2021 05:03:46 pm

Enjoy your well deserved break Sarah! I will miss you and look forward to your return. Sending lots of love xxx

Barbara Condon

4/20/2021 05:04:43 pm

Happy trails and good health to you and yours, and thanks for all the wonder full blogs in your field guide!

NancyB

4/20/2021 05:16:03 pm

Taking care of yourself is much the most important thing.

And congratulations on your seventh anniversary and 332 posts. They have been much appreciated.

David

4/20/2021 05:45:25 pm

Sarah, you are always the most wonderful breath of fresh air and decency, no matter where our paths cross (in real life, on Instagram or here on your blog). So of course I will miss your updates. But you need and have every right to take care of yourself (put on your own oxygen mask before taking care of your fellow flyers!), in whatever way and form restores and refreshes you. All my best wishes for a peaceful, restful, healthy and soul-filling break! In the meantime, I will go back to A Field Guide to Needlework Post #1 and restart that incredible journey.

Pat Cooper

4/20/2021 05:48:49 pm

Be still, be healed, be well.

Sarah

4/20/2021 05:49:42 pm

Have a good break. When my kids complained of being bored, i always told them that that was the basis of creativity. Somee other time I’ll tell you one of the things they did. Meanwhile.....

Mary

4/20/2021 05:55:56 pm

We'll be thinking of you. Take care!

Adrienne

4/20/2021 07:03:13 pm

I came in in the middle of the seven years and have greatly enjoyed the journey. I look forward to beginning at the beginning and reading all the posts.
Thank you

Milena

4/20/2021 08:22:03 pm

Thank you. Have fun and take care!

tina

4/20/2021 08:36:29 pm

Thanks for all you’ve shared. May nature and deep Time be a refuge for all wearies that wear, and openness of who knows what may be, no expectations, be a balm. Peace be with you~

Alex

4/20/2021 09:19:00 pm

Sarah, I have been a lurker and enjoyed your drawings as much as your content. I have marveled at all you have communicated. Give your self a well deserved stretch with plenty of time to heal yourself. Thanks for all the goodies you have offered each week. Be well my friend.

Carol Mattson

4/20/2021 09:32:47 pm

Take care, easily said, much harder to do.
Sometimes you just have to do it.

Alison Clark

4/21/2021 12:18:17 am

I have been ill, again. While you decision is hard for me, because I love your blog, it lights up my week, it is also courageous and has given me food for thought. I need to follow your wonderful example. Rest well, Sarah and May light and healing be yours. We will be here when you return and meanwhile, time for th early posts xx

Roellien

4/21/2021 12:58:34 am

Hope you have a Great, gentle and peaceful sabbatical! Witch, by looking back, was one of the best times of your live!

Michi link

4/21/2021 01:11:39 am

I hope this much-needed proper rest rejuvenates and revitalises you, and you find different, gentle and creative ways to be for yourself. In the meantime I shall be enjoying all the words and pictures I missed in the earlier years.

Sue Turnbull

4/21/2021 02:11:40 am

Enjoy your resting time. Will miss your lovely blogs and creative fun. Take care 😍

Bethany Garner link

4/21/2021 04:32:23 am

Blessings and may you rest in joy and heal - the bodies we live in fail us at times and I know the angst and pain, so am thinking of you as I too make strides to slow and focus inward. I know you will never quit - but please take this time for precious growth and strength that only you control. Miss you. bethany

Maria Fillmore

4/21/2021 04:39:00 am

Aaaah, enjoy the something differents that will find their way into your life, when there is some empty space. Thank you for sharing so much of yourself, and leaving a huge body of documented inspiration for perusal. Change feels strange, but I remind myself it's a normal part of life, and keeps our adaptation skills healthy. Wishing Peace & Fun for you! (Woo-hoo no deadlines!)

Holly Wilkes

4/21/2021 06:30:43 am

Will miss all of your enjoyable wisdom. Have enjoyed and appreciated it, but also understand a need for a sabbatical. Enjoy your time away and look forward to reconnecting again when you are ready.

Nancy T

4/21/2021 07:23:11 am

Always an inspiration, even in your quest for stillness. Wishing you speedy healing!

Jill

4/21/2021 08:18:06 am

May your life be filled with peace and ease.

Kerri Hayward

4/21/2021 09:50:11 am

Best wishes for your sabbatical/furlough/rest. I was thinking about Steiner and how we teach kids something and then let it "rest" with them to bring up learning later. It also brought to mind the book by Anne Morrow Lindbergh, Gift from the Sea. Enjoy.

Janice Zindel link

4/21/2021 09:34:13 pm

Peace and quiet joy are found in stillness. Give body, mind, and spirit the rest and care they need. Creative exploring will be there when you are ready again. Meanwhile, like many others, I will return to reading your archives. Your writing, drawing, and creative work are a wonderful gift.

Erika Pfeiffer

4/22/2021 08:23:29 am

I will miss your weekly sunshine in my inbox...and I will look forward to hearing from you again when you are refreshed and renewed!

Enjoy!

Katherine Straz

4/23/2021 09:36:39 am

What is immortality other than living on in the hearts and minds of others? You also have inspired our hands and, now quite possibly!, our capacity to rest. Thank you for all this and more, Sarah!

Ida link

4/25/2021 05:37:03 am

I wish you a blessed sabbatical.
Take care
Ida

Matte Blk link

5/10/2021 08:15:13 am

Cool. Wanna do some fancy need-L-work in
Seventh-Heaven? You can and you must: all
parta His redemptive plan. Why? Everythnz
possible in the Great Beyond, dear. Follow us
to the King O Kings:
♡ en.gravatar.com/MatteBlk ♡
Love you.
Cya soon.
be@peace.
-GBY

Liz Hoenig Kanieski

5/11/2021 10:27:18 am

Dear Sarah, Be well. Your archives are deep and rich, inspiring and fun filled. Such glorious reciprocity and gifts you offer to us and the land. -Liz-

Sarah

5/13/2021 07:51:49 pm

Thanks Liz! So heartwarming to think of all those blog posts and ideas having lives of their own, continuing to chat and make friends all by themselves. A magical thing to contemplate.

Martha Sidahmed

5/19/2021 08:17:40 am

A friend, delighted with the discovery of your website, shared with me a couple of days ago, and now we are both dismayed (altho appreciative) with news of your sabbatical. Kind of in a panic that the site may go down before we can nook and cranny through the treasures of the past 7 years.
Are your patterns still available for order?

Sarah

5/19/2021 12:04:01 pm

Hello Martha, Thank you for your kind words and welcome to the Field Guide.
The patterns/guides are definitely still for sale — just click on the ‘store’ tab at the top of the page and it should get you to them.
Hope you have a grand time perusing the ‘nooks and crannies’ while I’m away!

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