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“Youth is happy because it has the capacity to see beauty. Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old.”
― Franz Kafka
Hi! I’m Monique. Author, wife, mother, woman. In a world that celebrates busy and rewards productivity, I needed to make a change: more slow, less busy. To make and take time to live well. To go gently and fall in love with life again, rather than going through the motions. To pause to muse about the beauty in simple, everyday life and the joy of creative play*. I’ve learned that a little time out does wonders for my creativity and my Self. 🌸
Now I’m embarking on a journey back to basics - I’m making time for rediscovery and reconnection with my muse - the “little girl” inside who sees the beauty in the extraordinary ordinary. Along the way, I’m exploring a slower way of living. I’m stopping to pause and wonder. I’m making time for wandering, wondering, musing … and for the people and things that matter most to me in life. The simple things.
Join me as I rediscover what makes my heart sing: gatherings with loved ones, walks in the bush, travel, food, photography, writing, sewing and stitching, cooking, gardening. My hope is that you’ll find what makes your heart sing too.
“I think us here to wonder, myself. To wonder. To ask. And that in wondering bout the big things and asking bout the big things, you learn about the little ones, almost by accident. But you never know nothing more about the big things than you start out with. The more I wonder, the more I love.”
― Alice Walker, The Color Purple
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* This newsletter was formerly known as La Muse, as part of my desire to reconnect with my inner creative muse. You can find La Muse posts in the tab on my homepage.
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