MayDay Happy List

One day late, but it just had such a good ring to it.

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• Il Fornaio coffee, almond croissant & Ethiopiques on the iPod. Perfect Saturday morning. Especially since it started too early, and there was Not Enough Sleep. And we all know what happens when I don’t get enough sleep. Yes, that’s right. The Paranoia. Coffee and sugar tend to help a little
• Quinces! Yes! And making Quince glaze out of Nigella’s How to be a Domestic Goddess. Double yes!
• Pomegranates. And persimmons. Oh, I love obscure & seasonal fruit. And I love that Il Fornaio had all these things for sale when I stumbled in for my coffee feeling rather ragged. Yes, yoginis are sometimes immoderate in their behaviour. This one is, anyway. In fact, as I have mentioned before, I only have the two settings: On, or Off. I ‘m working towards more balance. It’s a process. At least I have balance around food now. Not that you would think it from my preoccupation with good things to eat

• Speaking of which, the text I got from a friend this week telling me she had dreamt about tofu after I made Sophie Dahl’s scrambled tofu with pesto for her! Sample pages from that amazing cookbook here
• This is a point of amusement: I am a truly useless tea-maker. You’d think it would be really simple, right? But if it’s not herbal or green, you can be fairly sure your tea will be too weak, or too milky, or otherwise subtly off. Bizarre, non?
• Cool crisp weather. And hot water bottles. And walks on the beach in said weather. Not with the hot water bottles though. Those can stay at home
• Learning new ways to be. So hard, but also so rewarding. I am here to tell you that you don’t have to repeat unconstructive patterns all your life if you don’t want to. You can choose, every day, to make different choices, choose different reactions and behaviours
• Apivita‘s Cleansing Face Mask with Pink Clay. A deep-clean, hydration, and delicious scent all in one. Perfect for tired skin!
• Did I mention the Ethiopiques? Can’t. Stop. Listening. Funkalicious
• Connection. We had Free Form this week, and at dinner (Bopha Devi Docklands, v nice) on girl told me that although she only moved to Melbourne from Adelaide a few months ago, she bumps into people all over the city whom she knows. From yoga class. How cool is that? The Free Form dinners, which are always better attended than the actual yoga, have created a community. Yay!
• Long phone talks with favourite girls. Oh my, I missed you this week, Miss Fox