Whew, it’s been a busy week for me!  For that reason, my four things post has been bumped to Friday, but I didn’t want to miss it entirely.  So, this week – books in my beach bag, freediving, words about mastery, and working ahead. If you missed my announcement yesterday about the upcoming fall creative lifestyle retreat in Tuscany, you can find the details HERE. what I’m reading I haven’t had a ton of time for reading since I’ve had a heavy workload this week, but I have a huge bag of books I’m taking to the beach and plan to spend some time sitting on the porch reading.  I’ll certainly give you a report.  Here is a peek in my bag… what I’m watching I watched this documentary a while ago, but I decided to share it this week because I haven’t been watching a lot of interesting TV

I had to take yesterday a bit easier after working on glue removal with my mom on Tuesday.  It’s not that it’s physically demanding, but the process requires a repetitive motion while kneeling on the floor.  That means everything hurts after you work on it for an hour or two!  Your hands, shoulders, knees, back, and hips are all complaining.  It worked itself out and I wasn’t as stiff as I initially thought I would be, but I still needed to give myself a break!  We’ve had some lovely early Spring weather, though, and that’s gotten me out on some longer walks, enjoying the sunshine and fresh air. Here are my four things for the week… what I’m reading I recently bought the newly-released Gustave Caillebotte Painting Men and it’s an excellent book about his work.  He really was revolutionary when it came to painting ordinary people and even working people,

Four things – little tidbits about nature, a beautiful human story from a surprising place, true words about hope, and annoying projects… what I’m reading I’m still finishing up a few of the longer books I’m reading, but I’m interspersing a few quotes a day from the little book, What I Know About Nature.  It’s a nice opportunity to hear about nature and why it is so inspiring and moving to us from people who can voice it well.  John Muir, Walt Whitman, EB White, and William Wordsworth are a few of the contributors.  It’s a nice little nugget of a book to pick up now and again. what I’m watching For movie night a few weeks ago, my youngest son suggested A Quiet Place Day One.  We watched A Quiet Place a few years ago and, even though horror isn’t my genre of choice, I thought it was a