Musings From The Chair

1. Home-made mushroom and basil pesto.

2. Pootling about the map library and having a look at this amazing book.

3. Fleecy socks.

4. Slightly underdone garlic bread.

5. The 'new' crew of the Starship Enterprise.

Grace in Small Things is a social network that Schmutzie created to wage a battle against embitterment.

A meme of sorts if you will, but an ongoing continual one. I would love to try it every day as Schmutzie suggests, but I may try that next year. So what is Grace in Small Things?

What?
Schmutzie created Grace in Small Things as a daily reminder to take notice of the positive things we tend to overlook.

Why?
Grace in Small Things exists because we are choosing not to allow the noisiness of life to rob us of the time and energy to be mindful of ourselves and those we love and to recognize the grace that exists in small things.

When?
Grace in Small Things is a challenge for every day, because there's no time like the present, tomorrow never comes, and some other cliche about seizing the day. Oh, right: carpe diem.

How?
Grace in Small Things can be observed on your network weblog here, on your personal weblog elsewhere, in a notebook, or in smoke on the wind. The original challenge is to list five positive things every day, but we are a flexible lot, and since this is about finding joy, you should do it any which way that makes the most sense to you.

So here you go:

1. Singing along to Rock Me Amadeus! by Falco in the car.

2. Soaking fruit in rum for the Christmas cake.

3. Putting up two new fridge magnets in pride of place. Really, you say? Yes, I say. Here they are:

4. Watching a video of Emily with her billy bumper on my mobile phone.

5. Finding a new sitcom I love which I didn't know existed until yesterday.