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Hello from Hebden Bridge

Have you ever visited someplace new and felt like it was coming home? That’s how I feel here in Hebden Bridge! I don’t know if it’s because I’m back in Europe for the first time since moving from Italy, or if it’s because I visited with several friends today, but I feel at home here. It’s a lovely little town! I love the stone buildings and the colorful doors.

My journey was fairly uneventful and luckily enough the rains stopped before I arrived. There were many places in the Yorkshire area that were flooded and travel was interrupted for many people on Tuesday, but there were no interruptions to my travel on Wednesday. Thankfully, this time Hebden Bridge did not suffer any flooding. They’ve already been flooded twice this year, and you can see the evidence in the storefronts that are being cleaned out and the sandbags at the doorsteps, ready to be put in place.

Well, I’m off to bed… It’s 11pm here. Jet lag hasn’t been a problem for me yet. I wonder when it will catch up with me? Oh, and I tried Wensleydale cheese for the first time today. Yum. Fabulous!

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Transitions

Shift. Click. It’s as if I am a piece of machinery, moving from one mode into another. From summer mode into autumn mode. It was not intentional. It’s not as if the air temperature is any different, the sun suddenly rises and sets at a different time, or my list of things to do changes. But the rhythm of life changes as we pass the marker of Labor Day weekend. School starts tomorrow. Fall events that were months ahead are now just a couple of weeks away. The feeling of freedom becomes the feeling of commitment and responsibility.

Shift. Click.

This weekend I began to look toward fall. I started focusing on the details of my England trip, now just three weeks away. Three weeks from today. I’ve been making plans and reservations. The realization hit – holy cow, I’m really going to England by myself. I’m really going to teach these classes — people are already registered. I’m really going to meet up with all of these friends from online. I’m really going to do this thing! This idea, this dream, is real. Another transition, from dream into reality.

The Yorkshire Countryside

Shift. Click.

It’s not like this transition wasn’t visible, there on the horizon. It was just always out there, in the future somewhere. It was nebulous, until now. It’s as if my whole being was ready and waiting for the shift but my brain was left behind. Part of me is sitting here, somewhat surprised and reeling from the feeling of transition, while most of me is already moving ahead. It’s time to get the rest of me into the game.

Shift. Click. Summer is over. Autumn is here.

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Doing What I Love…

Imagine spending five days in the gorgeous Yorkshire countryside, eating your meals in a tipi around a fire.

Staying in wonderful cabins, that feel like part of the surrounding forest, with the best cabin-mates ever.
Sleeping in a heavenly bed, in a room where the art is the natural world outside the window.
Juliette and Carissa
Meeting the most amazing people from all over the world. We didn’t know each other, but found instant connections. I felt like I had known these wonderful women my whole life.
Tara
Learning to paint from my intuition with the most amazing artist and teacher, Flora Bowley. Learning to go with what’s working, to go bold, to let go of attachment to a specific outcome and see what happens.
Finding my heart, in the midst of it all.
I got back late last night from the Do What You Love retreat, and I’m still processing all that went on. It was so, so wonderful! I will share more over time. Over the next few days I’ll be getting caught up on the Liberate Your Art Postcard Swap, adding new participants to the link list. The swap is now at 172 participants – so close to my goal of 200 – thank you all for your help!! I will also be visiting the many people who have linked in to Exploring with a Camera: Visual Contrast in the last few days, you still have a day or two to link in if you would like to share your image. 
I’m full to bursting with all of the positive energy that happens when you get 40+ people together, all doing creative things they love. Who knows what will come out next…

(Linking in to The Creative Exchange and Creative Every Day today.)

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