tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50813040632327534642024-03-19T04:48:32.741-04:00Here To Createtelling stories. exploring earth. living minimally, sustainably, slow, & plant-based.Lucas Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04662443172865506409noreply@blogger.comBlogger106125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5081304063232753464.post-17085749181718577892022-11-22T12:16:00.002-05:002022-11-22T12:16:48.799-05:00essay on thought and art<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJAd1PZOxBJFQMeR_G3zPoDPRly8zr289K-MaSZ1zejc9ignihydOqbCy6bu9FXL5gnIU-AkJ8fnGeDUzn5fVJZwVUaFljmyexdc-Dv0aO_LfKBEjR63OfzPK3J9iVABJNgIgnOLWkgMRag_NQteGtZPdMGJt7Kgf_86OSgWDUVCMAO82sox6xcNVuGg/s5472/IMG_1768.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJAd1PZOxBJFQMeR_G3zPoDPRly8zr289K-MaSZ1zejc9ignihydOqbCy6bu9FXL5gnIU-AkJ8fnGeDUzn5fVJZwVUaFljmyexdc-Dv0aO_LfKBEjR63OfzPK3J9iVABJNgIgnOLWkgMRag_NQteGtZPdMGJt7Kgf_86OSgWDUVCMAO82sox6xcNVuGg/s16000/IMG_1768.jpg" /></a></div><p>It seems to me there is a subfloor to reality, a humming layer of mystery that lies beneath everything. We dwell in it constantly and yet, seldom recognize it with the senses. It surfaces briefly in moments we struggle to define and then plunges back into obscurity. Like groping in slumber, it takes everything within us to even recall the mere taste of it. Like a dream we can't remember anymore, but for a moment it was vivid enough to eclipse all else. </p><p><br /></p><p>I felt it in a concert hall. There were about four hundred people in the room and everyone was talking. The atmosphere, the warm scandinavian curves of wood, the blossoms of golden light scattered across the floor, the throngs of people, it was all blanketed in that low roar of many voices. That roar, yes but to even call it that is to give it a name, a name is for a solitary thing, and yet we could pick it apart and find it to be four hundred things. Yet I heard it as one. The idea was so simple and yet so broad I could concentrate on nothing. It was as if something larger than the room or the people in it was bearing down upon me, seizing and overwhelming my senses. </p><p><br /></p><p>Maybe I'm just easily fascinated. Faces and voices often seem effortlessly compelling to me. But there was a beauty and a mystery in that room of strangers. There was an energy in the music that filled my whole soul and asked it questions that something inside me understood to be vital - important, and yet I could not work them out. It was maddening, comforting, soothing, stirring, like sensing a presence just behind you, but upon turning no one is there. </p><p><br /></p><p>Is there an urgency within art? Perhaps there is and we don't even realize it. It's something we 'feel' and we use that word 'feel' to describe it because we have no other way of wrapping our language around something so abstract - something we can scarcely even detect. Though we are eager, reaching creatures, we find to our dismay that it isn't something we can accumulate, this stirring of our spirit from its sleep. And yet, without this disturbance we wouldn't have even recognized ourselves to be asleep. We know sleep, complacency, we can recognize them only because there is something else that has drawn us far enough away from them to recognize the difference. And I don't know what that something else, that force, is, only that I have been tossed and turned within myself by its unrelenting waves; that it bred within me such disquiet that I can no longer be content with sleep. I am compelled to search for its presence. </p><p><br /></p><p>Now and again I find it, but never when I am looking for it. It's in the silence of snow, it's in the brushstrokes of Van Gogh's paintings, it's in the movements of Vivaldi's Four Seasons. It's in very quiet places in nature. Maybe it's in other places for other people. I really don't know. But it makes nonsense of everything else, leaves me like a child not wanting to go back inside.</p><p><br /></p><p>Like a lover who can no longer conceive of a life without the other person, I don't want to go back to whatever was before this. A life without this mystery is void, and yet we stumble in our dance with it, barely recognizing that we are engaging it every day - barely awake. Its movements confuse, madden, and disturb us - yet often it seems like that is the point. Like that is the whole of its message: get angry. Not anger as we know it, a fleeting moment of heat in the brain, but that holy emotion which brings with it the birthpangs of something that cannot exist within our tired framework and complacency. Only angry butterflies can break past the cocoon. </p><p><br /></p><p>The mystery is moving. The mystery is in the cocoon with us. It's stepping on our toes, pressing in from all sides until we're angry enough to do something about it. Mystery tests the elasticity of our spirits and causes us, when we feel it, to look up for a moment from the toil into which we have become absorbed. We wonder what has tapped us on the shoulder. We don't know and we cannot answer. But when we look back down, we find we can no longer remember what we were doing before. And, in my limited experience, we can no longer remember who we were before.</p><p><br /></p><p>I can't tell you what it is, this is a mere essay on frustration. But I can tell you that when the man on the stage played the bass, I felt it through my entire body like a spirit taking possession. I can tell you that when I stood surrounded by Van Gogh's paintings I wept uncontrollably, and the worldly concepts of time and everything else were lost. I can tell you that when I am deep in the woods and the sun is coming over a distant mossy ridge, I feel like I am losing my mind. I can tell you that when I write I feel like something inside of me is reaching out, dictating to my hand beyond my perception and thought; I hardly know what I've written until I've read it. I can tell you that there is something past the curtain of our senses, reaching out like a figure on the other side of foggy glass. I can't make their face out, but I know they are there. There in the restlessness, and the art, and the wild, living air. </p><p><br /></p><p>Maybe we're not meant to know. Perhaps we don't know what it looks like because perhaps it looks like all of us. </p>K.A. Emmonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12930155463690438292noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5081304063232753464.post-63986099526667194122022-10-08T12:10:00.003-04:002022-10-18T12:57:23.114-04:00A New England Autumn <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCR1hIhQIG8t6m0lCSVScEJMKGjBteDKGrrS_eG4kVa6z7PwtKSVr9ca966RctIykClrFML3N53-VzaORjz2tx7P6PpaKsonZobYqIsy5YHY4Iz2QVkmMlfxEO_038JVPLQbgrxjmOKbxIOlUZeV9_I_iNKa8ur3vknQccMv5ThbAly28kDN6BfP0DXQ/s2048/CU1A1931.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCR1hIhQIG8t6m0lCSVScEJMKGjBteDKGrrS_eG4kVa6z7PwtKSVr9ca966RctIykClrFML3N53-VzaORjz2tx7P6PpaKsonZobYqIsy5YHY4Iz2QVkmMlfxEO_038JVPLQbgrxjmOKbxIOlUZeV9_I_iNKa8ur3vknQccMv5ThbAly28kDN6BfP0DXQ/s16000/CU1A1931.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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The colors have been very vibrant this season, the leaves transforming almost overnight into shades of crimson, golden, and rusts. It's been enchanting. <div><br /></div><div>I've taken a small and needed break from filming vlogs, and instead made a decision at the beginning of the season to focus on stills, and returning to my love for capturing Vermont landscapes through photography. The inspiration was there so I followed it. The photos above are the result. I hope you enjoy this little taste of New England autumn. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><h3>My fall favorites:</h3><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">lifestyle:</div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.tallcatcoffeeroasters.com/">This delicious Vermont coffee</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://youtu.be/gO_oulMvChk?t=35">my golden fog recipe</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://minimalistbaker.com/pumpkin-maple-pecan-granola/">healthy pumpkin spice granola</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qbq6LdKvxcM">this autumn playlist</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/61489225/organic-hammer-time-pants-organic-cotton?click_key=09566149ead21504b44d5a03c87935645fcd5c7b%3A61489225&click_sum=332252b0&ga_search_query=hammer&ref=shop_items_search_2&frs=1">these incredibly cozy/comfy organic harem pants</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: center;">my favorite cozy/autumnal series's & films:</h3><div style="text-align: center;"><i>All Creatures Great and Small</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Anne of Green Gables</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Miss Scarlet and the Duke</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Jane Eyre (2006, BBC Masterpiece version)</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Poldark</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>The Musketeers</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Oliver Twist (2007 BBC Masterpiece version)</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Ophelia</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Prince Caspian</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Tolkien</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: center;">my autumnal vibe score picks:</h3><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Ophelia </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Tolkien</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>A Hidden Life </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Poldark</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Far from the Madding Crowd</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Pride & Prejudice </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Girl with a Pearl Earring</i></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><h2 style="text-align: left;"> How is this beautiful fall season unfolding for you dear soul? What are some of your favorite things about autumn? I would love to hear in the comments below. <3</h2><div><br /></div><div><i>stay stoked,</i></div><div><i>kate</i></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><p><br /></p></div></div></div></div>K.A. 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I've already noticed a few rust colored leaves in the driveway, and detected that hint of coolness on the gauzy breeze. Soon I will see dabs of auburn and ochre along the rows of our neighbor farmer's field; pumpkins and winter squash. But now is the moment just before it, where the wave is in full crest and there is nothing left to do but to enjoy each flavor note, the undertones of the season; the droplets of freshwater on my lips as I plunge into the lake, the musky perfume of the crackling fire sending confetti sparks up into the fragrant pines, the rebirth of the forest after the rain and the cleansing scent it brings, like sacred sage to the sky. It's all golden and salmon pink and splashes of indigo, the expanse of sky, runny brushstrokes staining the horizon and giving way to dusks that shimmer with stars.</div><div><br /></div><div>Summer is here in its fullness, and I'm about to let go of a new book like a balloon string. There is giddiness, there is relief, there is satisfaction in that - hope as well. It feels right that I should have something to give at a time when nature is giving so much, goldening to a harvest around me. My new book is the last in a long series, a series that has carried me through so many joys and challenges and springs and winters within myself, it's dizzying to look back upon. There is such vulnerability to writing, the likes of which I have not known before. Your writing is lines on the wall, marking your growth, lines you can look back to and observe how far you have come. We are not 'better' now, as much as we are changed by what seemed the lesser things - and that's why it can never be called inferior, just as your stature at age six couldn't be labeled such a thing either; without that moment of growth, you wouldn't be here. Nothing would have happened. And so each thing, each work, each piece is what stiches us together - to look at one book only is to miss the larger body of work from which we are forged. </div><div><br /></div><div>All of this has been a chaos in my mind lately, as I prepare this book: where it came from and where, perhaps, it will go. Years ago I was that starry-eyed writer, who gazed out from the brink of publishing with hopes that the whole world would read my story and love it. I would like to hug her, that writer. And I needed her. But here, now... I stand on a similar peak, seasoned in some ways, I suppose; dusty with the work of words, gritty from the digging it took to discover my voice, and I find that my heart's desire is simple and unglamorous: that my words might be a seed of hope, planted in just one person's heart. The mere thought is enough for ecstasy. It is like the glory of the gardener: to be seated beneath a tree, watching her flowers open. That is <i>all</i> and that is <i>enough</i>.</div><div><br /></div><div>And so... the book is available for pre-order. If you would like to read this story, you can pre-order it, if you feel drawn to do that. You can read the first book if you'd like - if you haven't read the others yet. The second book is my personal favorite. And then there's a free prequel. This season is a good season to read these books if you haven't yet. <i>The Blood Race</i> is very much a summer book in my opinion, and <i>Worlds Beneath</i> is a autumn/winter book - not so much because of the seasons unfolding in the books, but the subject matter. The soul seasons. But perhaps they will feel different to you. This last book, <i>Sparrow Rising</i> is also a winter book. Winter/spring, I would say. And if you're like me and you love a good audiobook, I think you'll really enjoy the audiobooks Podium has crafted for each book in this series. You can find all of those available on Amazon. </div><div><br /></div><div>Anyway, I'll list each of my books below in case you would like to read them. I appreciate you. I am grateful to you, for being here, for reading, for communicating compassionately with me through YouTube, my other pages, here, emails, my beloved patrons, all of you, all of you, all of you. I wouldn't be able to do any of this without you, in the most literal sense. I hold you in the loving intention of my heart. I send you light, peace, wholeness, deep gratitude, love. I recognize within you a light, and I honor it. </div><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://mailchi.mp/kaemmons.com/fblanding">Anomaly - the free prequel<br /></a><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Blood-Race-Book-1-ebook/dp/B074CQ64NG/ref=sr_1_2_sspa?crid=16OP8UOQOS2OI&keywords=the+blood+race+k.a.+emmons&qid=1661548435&sprefix=the+blood+race%2Caps%2C339&sr=8-2-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUEzRU5OTDNQWEM5VjkmZW5jcnlwdGVkSWQ9QTA3OTAyNjhQVVY3TU8zUFk5OTImZW5jcnlwdGVkQWRJZD1BMDA2Mjk1MzJTVkpPS0UySUNJUUQmd2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9hdGYmYWN0aW9uPWNsaWNrUmVkaXJlY3QmZG9Ob3RMb2dDbGljaz10cnVl">The Blood Race<br /></a><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07CPXPFJG?notRedirectToSDP=1&ref_=dbs_mng_calw_1&storeType=ebooks">Worlds Beneath<br /></a><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07VJ8ML3L?notRedirectToSDP=1&ref_=dbs_mng_calw_2&storeType=ebooks">Resurgence<br /></a><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09B954BBB/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i3">Searching for Sparrow<br /></a><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0BBSNTJMG/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i5">Sparrow Rising</a></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br />How is your summer going, friend? What joys and insights has this season given you? What are you learning lately, as you walk your path? I wish you deep joy in your unfolding journey. </h3><div><br /></div><div><i>Kate</i></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>K.A. Emmonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12930155463690438292noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5081304063232753464.post-47563546808804488202022-08-07T15:22:00.006-04:002022-08-07T18:45:08.848-04:00Nourishing Yoga for Writers & Creatives<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwinBF7qKuh1zMihZKHqFAvBe1g6RUEnrDJe87pVfcapjcIh9WYlzHLmkt46PeQnFmcxHjNbOIKGNOPY2ZSFusfktbzjCOCHlqnVVxvHIa7MHbpCK6dqTUCDtSZlFBvXV8yTcg4mWpqa1keyy916ftLZnuo_I7tjy8ZomXLOh4slNk44Zs74YhAiDC1Q/s2048/CU1A0268.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1583" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwinBF7qKuh1zMihZKHqFAvBe1g6RUEnrDJe87pVfcapjcIh9WYlzHLmkt46PeQnFmcxHjNbOIKGNOPY2ZSFusfktbzjCOCHlqnVVxvHIa7MHbpCK6dqTUCDtSZlFBvXV8yTcg4mWpqa1keyy916ftLZnuo_I7tjy8ZomXLOh4slNk44Zs74YhAiDC1Q/s16000/CU1A0268.jpeg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgimq77BMDU1St14JXyy0s3_X7N9X0J7BcJlxuikuw5RNpbienD6EO13_-fjz6t5IuKf2va882mfMpqqgq1KlYOH9vCFvBdAYlbFwNDeLecM098x6MB8zCF815oxPXWaHUl75mG7Isj0Dk2ywKf6jS00qJVwqHk8VXrJqa6KZO7kvRQW3CeoM6w4MmHmw/s2048/CU1A0277.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1583" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgimq77BMDU1St14JXyy0s3_X7N9X0J7BcJlxuikuw5RNpbienD6EO13_-fjz6t5IuKf2va882mfMpqqgq1KlYOH9vCFvBdAYlbFwNDeLecM098x6MB8zCF815oxPXWaHUl75mG7Isj0Dk2ywKf6jS00qJVwqHk8VXrJqa6KZO7kvRQW3CeoM6w4MmHmw/s16000/CU1A0277.jpeg" /></a></div><p>Yoga. Single handedly one of the most beautiful, important, vital, and nourishing practices I have invited into my life. I don't even know where to begin... this practice has literally impacted every area of my life; a moving meditation. The pairing of movement and breath. Mindfully caring for our bodies and looking after our souls. </p><p><br /></p><p>I've been practicing yoga for quite some time now, about 7 years, and looking back, I can't remember what my life was like before I began expanding my life through this practice. It is ancient. It is beautiful. It leaves such a big impact, physically, spiritually, emotionally. </p><p><br /></p><p>Today, in the new video on my channel, I wanted to share a few super easy breezy yoga poses that are especially wonderful and soothing for writers and creatives who work at a desk all day. The video is short and sweet but effective and fun. </p><p><br /></p><p>If you're looking for something that will help you add some healthy and nourishing movement to your writing day, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKHOqCYIfco&t=5s">this is it</a>! (And be sure to check out <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdticvTteXg&t=158s">my most recent meditation</a>, too...which is a lovely add on!)</p><h3 style="text-align: left;">Do you have a yoga practice? What is one thing you have invited into your daily life that nourishes your soul? I would love to hear about it in the comments below, my friend!</h3><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">Leggings and Yoga crop top by <a href="https://unapluma.com/">Una Pluma</a></p><p style="text-align: center;">Tank top by <a href="https://kavathreads.com/">KavaThreads</a></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>love,</i></p><p><i>kate</i></p>K.A. Emmonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12930155463690438292noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5081304063232753464.post-86010111760654172302022-08-02T20:14:00.005-04:002022-08-02T20:14:54.196-04:00the quiet glory of summer<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO4EABdO5sITr2tkdeHshMvaVV4ggKddwmb2T-MpF8hXQ_-xNGsBPQfCelQhpWFnPUCMyiipQqqiHZSllbLS5EuRMesGWzYRTNlA6D7fSHu5G8NKxPaKFgm_sjkRMpKZ-pQk1vLhFrzRsE_iDFi_LsdYjv9QTTqjXqOUDcX2bVJwR9t597u-fMVLO9Kg/s2048/CU1A0381.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO4EABdO5sITr2tkdeHshMvaVV4ggKddwmb2T-MpF8hXQ_-xNGsBPQfCelQhpWFnPUCMyiipQqqiHZSllbLS5EuRMesGWzYRTNlA6D7fSHu5G8NKxPaKFgm_sjkRMpKZ-pQk1vLhFrzRsE_iDFi_LsdYjv9QTTqjXqOUDcX2bVJwR9t597u-fMVLO9Kg/s16000/CU1A0381.jpeg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1lJIRfTMrhn94E_5M7HpTO0aqMyRNPeKCze6hvM0LERgNrd8ZPDyifVKl3w0YaF8-SaJjH1KIZviYbXyCMU-rPSRgBHX2sno_vwp3Sv19y488_fAuysTzxVVlphb5n_57WeO7VOU_m1lFTVuXhmqeFGDIcNsjEBG4SzGSagLrjJ6ELW9iFfzsFbJfLQ/s2048/CU1A0384.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1583" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1lJIRfTMrhn94E_5M7HpTO0aqMyRNPeKCze6hvM0LERgNrd8ZPDyifVKl3w0YaF8-SaJjH1KIZviYbXyCMU-rPSRgBHX2sno_vwp3Sv19y488_fAuysTzxVVlphb5n_57WeO7VOU_m1lFTVuXhmqeFGDIcNsjEBG4SzGSagLrjJ6ELW9iFfzsFbJfLQ/s16000/CU1A0384.jpeg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgZQ6H1J89ycbZ4Sgx7WDq_BGsaQDxsUM2iPMuAepdDH1WYZ0aQh4Bvx06Rs0czBU04sDif7xHyfee1QLU1GHymB6cQRkpSj3RxQtzNbGbluHN-uuycAJ2SQCosfzuin4UMzyeEFS1GU4zA0gQjO2cGOGn1D3C5593cy8JHRfxSg0u68WEFSADmklRmQ/s2048/CU1A0357.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgZQ6H1J89ycbZ4Sgx7WDq_BGsaQDxsUM2iPMuAepdDH1WYZ0aQh4Bvx06Rs0czBU04sDif7xHyfee1QLU1GHymB6cQRkpSj3RxQtzNbGbluHN-uuycAJ2SQCosfzuin4UMzyeEFS1GU4zA0gQjO2cGOGn1D3C5593cy8JHRfxSg0u68WEFSADmklRmQ/s16000/CU1A0357.jpeg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5A59kEIXJkTcXcydhWv5i8lK0DoL2yxPVT9emwI05inStxYK04_8fnarehhuo-o29mB1i8cpgDtS-Gwxtl_0pU3oofQjOwZ0G31Eep9GJ2ns2BwIOhLvtbVgaKZyMqgRSdylmXYUdg0SW3thH_K336lWqT3cldqzcvBcBVJH02Bsx3HwePrF7cqMuvQ/s2048/CU1A0375.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5A59kEIXJkTcXcydhWv5i8lK0DoL2yxPVT9emwI05inStxYK04_8fnarehhuo-o29mB1i8cpgDtS-Gwxtl_0pU3oofQjOwZ0G31Eep9GJ2ns2BwIOhLvtbVgaKZyMqgRSdylmXYUdg0SW3thH_K336lWqT3cldqzcvBcBVJH02Bsx3HwePrF7cqMuvQ/s16000/CU1A0375.jpeg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9ISHSWCKKo_vMzjqOTsvBksc31tmQwNZHrCOlb0F4CtRMg0Okx0QCkhlM69GcZ2YfG5FxfX1jhV8log83bKpThrkNQx_fmwk1sBTvb1HAHzhzX-0y--MKsex1t-EaQZmneY5g88MMrMohHsvP76hauuLAWXhxatLOrNezJ-7juMnVXgIcpCrwAn75Ew/s2048/CU1A0335.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9ISHSWCKKo_vMzjqOTsvBksc31tmQwNZHrCOlb0F4CtRMg0Okx0QCkhlM69GcZ2YfG5FxfX1jhV8log83bKpThrkNQx_fmwk1sBTvb1HAHzhzX-0y--MKsex1t-EaQZmneY5g88MMrMohHsvP76hauuLAWXhxatLOrNezJ-7juMnVXgIcpCrwAn75Ew/s16000/CU1A0335.jpeg" /></a></div><p><br /></p>It's August. The echinacea is in full, bright bloom. The air is filled with the songs of the geese as they splash down for a landing on the quiet lake. The waterlilies open each morning, floating as if in midair. The days have been hot for Vermont, and dryer than usual. The sky has been full of sunlight. I've been spending time writing by the open door, organizing my paints and art box, making anything and everything in the kitchen involving crusty bread, fresh tomatoes, garlic and olive oil, and going on day trips with loved ones.<div><br /></div><div>I love this time of the summer. It's so peaceful and content in itself. Here's a few things I've been enjoying lately...<br /><p></p><h4 style="text-align: center;">A recipe for a peaceful and replenishing August:</h4><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uU2Ss_NZHuY">you are writing and vincent is painting - a playlist</a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdticvTteXg&t=155s">5 minute pre-writing meditation for authors - get focused & attract creativity</a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOccU0XRGZM">This yin yoga practice</a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://plumvillage.org/books/peace-is-every-breath/">Peace is Every Breath by <span style="text-align: left;">Thich Nhat Hanh</span></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.vermontchagachai.com/">healthy and delicious Vermont harvested ChagaChai tea</a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.heretocreateblog.com/2022/07/recipe-for-slow-morning-blueberry-basil.html">my basic recipe for fresh hemp milk</a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.heretocreateblog.com/2022/07/from-scratch.html">This everything crackers & hummus recipe</a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1n0uJIPjV4Q&t=1s">how to stop using your phone... & live a happier life</a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bTRN-fP7OA&t=462s"><span style="text-align: left;">How to declutter like a minimalist</span><span style="text-align: left;"> </span></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/shows/around-the-world-in-80-days/">The Around the World in 80 Days series by Masterpiece</a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tzl13XNNmoY&t=407s">This fun episode of my sister Abbie and I's podcast</a></p><p style="text-align: left;">What are you up to this August, creative soul? I love this month. I love the long, warm, lazy days full of sunlight and june bugs. What is your favorite thing about this moment and this season? What creative projects are you delving into?</p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">All the love, all the light,</p><p style="text-align: left;">Kate</p></div>K.A. Emmonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12930155463690438292noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5081304063232753464.post-27835296257039262862022-07-18T14:03:00.018-04:002022-07-18T14:44:39.992-04:00recipe for a slow morning: blueberry basil doughnuts + homemade hemp milk <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRnldds7JWQCtNgjWFom2qNRfcvv-0DPXBPqr2SZLPULSXm7liUCZbd2VFgn5SbkS1S0ddtehWSqer6lehdijNkveelISK_CTAF459Srn6QleYdK1nPoZb5qtuEbtr4Js_krwfuo4QTlSzhwiJkg5tuFz1m78MMGwImEXKTMyvZzh6-Ew0Mu2ucNmCuw/s2048/CU1A0182.jpg" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRnldds7JWQCtNgjWFom2qNRfcvv-0DPXBPqr2SZLPULSXm7liUCZbd2VFgn5SbkS1S0ddtehWSqer6lehdijNkveelISK_CTAF459Srn6QleYdK1nPoZb5qtuEbtr4Js_krwfuo4QTlSzhwiJkg5tuFz1m78MMGwImEXKTMyvZzh6-Ew0Mu2ucNmCuw/s16000/CU1A0182.jpg" /></span></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmEYkKNwCO0Mcek67w6ETz4J8NfPQPU1Xu4ggT0MGpPx95OPFPGyiz1Qs-IwZCUe_6n-uHhYPJjBrvJqO_BQ7bGRgnkkIBbsW_YesHBppX8w1YAKnArjjxTBk-ed0fZ2-eHDOfx8nLoVWZlZStVhh91vhFCSYGmf2WODiBwTlVHhhCBjpzdXpgPEK1cw/s2048/CU1A0195.jpg"><span style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmEYkKNwCO0Mcek67w6ETz4J8NfPQPU1Xu4ggT0MGpPx95OPFPGyiz1Qs-IwZCUe_6n-uHhYPJjBrvJqO_BQ7bGRgnkkIBbsW_YesHBppX8w1YAKnArjjxTBk-ed0fZ2-eHDOfx8nLoVWZlZStVhh91vhFCSYGmf2WODiBwTlVHhhCBjpzdXpgPEK1cw/s16000/CU1A0195.jpg" /></span></span></a><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span><span style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">There's something very soothing about a warm, rainy summer day. This morning I rose earlier than expected, opened the windows to let the quiet shush of the rain in, scooped some organic hemp seeds into my vitamix to blend up some delicious, creamy hemp milk, made espresso, and started on a batch of doughnuts. </span></span></h3></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The doughnuts we make are far from conventional, but I have a fondness for those dense, old fashioned doughnuts I would sometimes have as a kid from the country store down the street from where I live. They were golden brown, a bit crunchy on the outside, with a soft, melt-in-your-mouth interior. These days, I enjoy spending my days off in the kitchen, whipping up healthy, plant-based alternatives to these classic favorites from my rural Vermont upbringing. On the brink of publishing my latest novel, Sparrow Rising (so excited!!) I find it incredibly relaxing and therapeutic to take a step away from the desk and get my hands in dough, or fresh veggies on the chopping board. For this recipe, I did a bit of both.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I opted for something berry - and herby! My two favorites, especially right now, while our local farm stands and farmers markets are BURSTING with these two ingredients.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">This recipe was inspired by the blackberry basil doughnut recipe in the lovely baking book <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Baked-Doughnuts-Everyone-Everything-Gluten-Free/dp/1592335667">Baked Doughnuts for Everyone, by </a><span style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Baked-Doughnuts-Everyone-Everything-Gluten-Free/dp/1592335667">Ashley McLaughlin</a>. I adapted the recipe quite a bit and made it my own to facilitate the local, seasonal ingredients that are fresh now, and also to make them vegan. One of my favorite things about the basic doughnut recipes in this book is that almost all of them include almond meal, which I constantly have an abundance of from making homemade almond milk. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;">In this wholesome, vegan, gluten free, <i>and</i> sugar free recipe I also used my easy, make-it-in-three-minutes organic hemp milk. (Which froths LUXURIOUSLY, btw) I'm going to share this delicious recipe as well, just in case you want to use it for the doughnuts, or if you're looking for a delicious foamy cloud of milk as a companion to your favorite coffee. It's creamy, sweet, frothy, and soooo easy to make - no soaking necessary.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHn_42SfR_xBxYaul-FPV1ocrQkl2SJVkAp1QhJeV3I3d0b6sJcGnXvZwEmsOTvWogI8qJbE-6LYEaZa3Xq74r_QWwGWfdTDwb6hyw9zF21N4u9B1S9Kq3JstJQt80w6rvv3oUN07iSBwxwwXsOKh5Fb6z-wrgVqQjRki2-44WT2284EaW5mWz6IKH1w/s2048/CU1A0003.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHn_42SfR_xBxYaul-FPV1ocrQkl2SJVkAp1QhJeV3I3d0b6sJcGnXvZwEmsOTvWogI8qJbE-6LYEaZa3Xq74r_QWwGWfdTDwb6hyw9zF21N4u9B1S9Kq3JstJQt80w6rvv3oUN07iSBwxwwXsOKh5Fb6z-wrgVqQjRki2-44WT2284EaW5mWz6IKH1w/s16000/CU1A0003.jpg" /></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbsKDRD7kYhodL8DDACobC50wlSkEDU7Rii4Kmj8HMrP2a3jXcmJe6QfZKArvz4pflDjkI16xbHfrb6vy-FZLtINcf3fM_nDiVnD1_Ph5fRtbfE0O3fBXSXUtAHKDqACc5OpRY_ORLyILkx9guAGkwCZgWdIzkqaHYcIvRczf1ffPrdtImNHBEKvJz4A/s2048/CU1A0013.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Mix separately and let stand for 5 minutes before adding to wet ingredients.)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">1/4 cup + 2 tbsp hemp milk</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">5 tablespoons of coconut oil</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">1/3 cup fresh blueberries</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">3 tablespoons of fresh, finely chopped basil</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">For the glaze:</span></h4><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">1/2 can of organic, full fat coconut milk</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">1 tsp arrowroot starch</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">1 tsp of vanilla extract</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">3 tsp maple syrup</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Pinch of himalayan salt</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Blend for about 15 seconds in a high speed blender, and chill until ready to serve.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Preheat oven to 350 fahrenheit. Grease doughnut tray (or muffin pan, if you want to make these into muffins) with coconut oil. Combine all dry ingredients in a medium sized batter bowl, and the wet ingredients in a separate bowl. Stir in wet ingredients until combined, then fold in the basil and blueberries. Fill the doughnut tray, leaving a little room at the top of each mold. Bake for 20-24 minutes. Frost with the glaze and enjoy with a cup of coffee, tea, or a glass of fresh, chilled hemp milk.</span></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />Organic Vanilla Agave Hemp Milk</span></h3><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">In a high-speed blender, combine:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">1 cup of organic hemp hearts</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">4 cups of water</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">1 tsp agave nectar</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">1 tsp vanilla extract</span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Blend on high for about 45 seconds, or until the seeds have been thoroughly blended into a pulp. Squeeze through a high quality, non-porous silk nut milk bag, and store in the fridge in a mason jar for up to a week. Enjoy it straight, in coffee or tea, on granola, or in recipes like the delicious blueberry basil doughnuts above!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">I hope you enjoy these sweet, summer bounty treats. They were just what my soul needed on this drizzly morning. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">What have you been creating lately? Do you love crafting something sweet but plant based on a rainy day? Think you'll take a crack at either of these plant based recipes? Tell me if you do in the comments below! I would love to hear what you think, my friend. <3</span></h3><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">stay stoked,</span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">kate</span></i></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div>K.A. 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Our mountains are covered with dense, lush green woods, dotted with trails, lakes, and sweet little spots to picnic.<div><br /></div><div>Although I'm an avid hiker, I think it's deeply nourishing to not always have a 'mission' when heading into nature. Sometimes it's not the big hikes and grand adventures that our soul really needs. We just need a ramble. A laid-back forest bathe. We need a little aimlessness in our lives! </div><div><br /></div><div>So I wanted to share some of my summer-time favorites for planning a replenishing day in the woods include:</div><div><br /></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><b>Use the <a href="https://www.alltrails.com/">All Trails website</a> to find a great spot. </b>They also have an app too, if you are someone who uses a phone! I have used All Trails for years to find and plan hikes and adventures internationally. Whether you are looking for a fun and challenging trek in a national park, or a peaceful lake to picnic beside, I've found All Trails to be a super reliable and valuable adventuring resource.</li></ul></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><b>Load up on delicious fresh produce from your local farmers market</b> to create the perfect picnic or trail lunch. Berries, apples, crispy kale, carrots, or freshly baked bread - you name it, and your local farmers probably have it! Supporting our local farmers is among some of the most important things we can do! </li></ul></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><b>Practice forest bathing! </b></li></ul></div><div><blockquote><i>"Forest bathing and forest therapy (or shinrin-yoku) broadly means taking in, in all of oneβs senses, the forest atmosphere. Not simply a walk in the woods, it is the conscious and contemplative practice of being immersed in the sights, sounds and smells of the forest. It was developed in Japan during the 1980s, and in 1982 Japan made this form of mobile meditation under the canopy of living forests a part of its national health program. Researchers, primarily in Japan and South Korea, have established a growing body of scientific literature on the diverse health benefits."</i> - <a href="https://globalwellnessinstitute.org/wellnessevidence/forest-bathing/">The Global Wellness Institute </a></blockquote><a href="https://globalwellnessinstitute.org/wellnessevidence/forest-bathing/"></a></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><b>Strap the kayak or canoe onto the roof and go for a paddle! </b>Growing up on a lake, I have a special connection with going with being out on the water. I love listening to the loons in the morning, or the bullfrogs at night, or gazing upon the lily pads in the early morning rays.<br /><br /></li><li><b>Read a book under some tall, old trees.</b> My sister Abbie and I recently did this during her Little Women themed picnic - the book was, of course, <i>Little Women</i>, by Louisa May Alcott, and you can watch <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYwZoe85nE4&t=173s">Abbie's lovely vlog</a> about it for all the fun, forestry lakeside vibes!</li></ul></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><b>Visit a local farm or forest preserve.</b> Go for a walk, pet the animals, breathe the fresh air!</li></ul></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><b>Wade in a river</b> - ahhh, the freshest, coolest mountain water! And the sound is pure music.</li></ul></div><div><br /></div><h4 style="text-align: left;">I hope this little burst of Vermont forest joy could give you some inspiration for your own day out in nature my friend. <3 Tell me, what is your favorite go-to spot outdoors? The mountains? The woods? The beach? I would LOVE to hear about it in the comments below.</h4><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i>Stay stoked <3</i></div><div><i>Kate</i></div><div><br /></div>K.A. 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This is my current chapter. This is what I am learning to love. I've been creating more than ever and at the same time, almost continuously in a state of rest. I have to keep reminding myself to check my business email because I haven't done much of anything online lately except upload videos to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/kaemmons">my YouTube channel</a>. I feel as though I am drawing in those simpler, old-fashioned kinds of days from sheer desire for them; the longing coaxes them nearer, and suddenly time seems slow, and the days long, contentedly heavy, tiring. I am writing more than I have in a long time. I am kneading dough instead of buying bread, making crackers instead of purchasing them in plastic. Tiring of slathering my skin with things I can't even read, I whipped up toothpaste and deodorant for the first time instead of buying it. (All the recipes below).</p><p><br /></p><p>I was raised on cold winter nights, cuddled in bed with my mom and sister, reading books like <i>Little House in the Big Woods</i>, gobbling up vivid descriptions of living holistically off the land, making everything by hand, living wild and one with the earth in the purest way imaginable. Maybe stories like that ruined me for the modern world. I feel like I've receded so far from the hustle of this day and age that I no longer recognize or remember it. It's a fuzzy memory. My days are filled with working, writing, art, art, art - and classical music, and baking, cooking, making the things I need to live. Buying less and less. Saving more. Learning more. Connecting: with the farms, the food, the things right here, right now. The unquenchable longing for art; for words flowing through my fingertips, for a paintbrush dancing in my hand. For moist earth between my fingertips. <span style="font-size: x-small;">(I've just seen the loveliest baby bell pepper in my garden!!) </span> </p><p><br /></p><p>We really <i>are</i> the artists of our lives. The more we become aware of that, the more magic we can create; savor. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFm-dD4ig2uN9NqyFpubS6TtWXnk7q0kRxmaJGwNcUp9qedbRJcMtB5lbLPvJyw19LYUClTuIjNETXl0b3J0OkqWZM5lyGL_MUEnTtAzOr-m1VmzaKMkSgNnZUnXqKNqtwYMrYwFTWvzm_AkFeuIBLmvlD48rZyo8XnDsy0cO1ifdSlbdrUs43h5-hsA/s2048/CU1A9839.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1366" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFm-dD4ig2uN9NqyFpubS6TtWXnk7q0kRxmaJGwNcUp9qedbRJcMtB5lbLPvJyw19LYUClTuIjNETXl0b3J0OkqWZM5lyGL_MUEnTtAzOr-m1VmzaKMkSgNnZUnXqKNqtwYMrYwFTWvzm_AkFeuIBLmvlD48rZyo8XnDsy0cO1ifdSlbdrUs43h5-hsA/s16000/CU1A9839.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_CA7xgwXrggm-FdrgIcq5jsInCILyiSoMjdlTPkUHydy4tppwdQV5-TkhfxnkzO0nTRuPAeNkRjKtMRL-CFkdX9rqGF0ZicLAxOmqykkmVoUAAk5sZ-IA0vPclfZGgr1fgp9By5mWuUdZT6umIFH5z0aHUzkxR1BZwG_fsTS8-e4nP06N5FXu3A41Ag/s2048/CU1A9885.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_CA7xgwXrggm-FdrgIcq5jsInCILyiSoMjdlTPkUHydy4tppwdQV5-TkhfxnkzO0nTRuPAeNkRjKtMRL-CFkdX9rqGF0ZicLAxOmqykkmVoUAAk5sZ-IA0vPclfZGgr1fgp9By5mWuUdZT6umIFH5z0aHUzkxR1BZwG_fsTS8-e4nP06N5FXu3A41Ag/s16000/CU1A9885.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha5Ip44bCi8v8Y1byc7fPnAL7FMVhvewYmJXjEUSNnP_8NtsvVjz4WLUc9WYyjfEBm3raGPqJ1oDIUSISZNbgMgX4M6ojQLhwMCeKgVXvSFO9_HKgBdKX2JwUzBGNs2C9CrloCEop6kSYTqVXkJe3mwFPDoV3wWOQXTmCwPzpxPdI1zLAIR0kzEe_8WA/s2048/CU1A9900.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha5Ip44bCi8v8Y1byc7fPnAL7FMVhvewYmJXjEUSNnP_8NtsvVjz4WLUc9WYyjfEBm3raGPqJ1oDIUSISZNbgMgX4M6ojQLhwMCeKgVXvSFO9_HKgBdKX2JwUzBGNs2C9CrloCEop6kSYTqVXkJe3mwFPDoV3wWOQXTmCwPzpxPdI1zLAIR0kzEe_8WA/s16000/CU1A9900.jpg" /></a></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><b>Recipe for everything pita crackers:</b></h3><p></p><p>2 cup (250 g) einkorn flour (or half oat flour, half sweet rice flour. My husband LOVES these gluten free version.)</p><p>1 tsp himalayan salt </p><p>1 tsp agave nectar</p><p>1 tbsp everything seasoning</p><p>ΒΌ cup (60 ml) olive oil</p><p>Β½ cup (120 ml) warm water</p><p>1/2 tbsp of everything seasoning for topping</p><p>Preheat oven to 430Β°F. In a medium sized bowl, combine all the ingredients into a soft, stretchy dough. Split the dough and roll each portion out to about β inch thickness. Sprinkle on everything seasoning, and lightly pat down with your hands. Cut them up with a large, sharp knife or pizza cutter and place each square on a parchment lined baking sheet. Bake for about 10-15 minutes or until light or dark golden brown. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTPz1u8B_P8J04PCg8dW-kUga2qZnQQdMZzUvgVOb08osgS4MdRUMuISe0ME8ru3UpaSrRbJb5a0guagXOeytctWrVRuG_B-nXDUBjjysjIhVbj6ELl4ogs4qyYt-VKzKFVidg2rPBV_tBZ7V-cFbRL1rG4QGEs9clMEObB5v9j7XLs3DVWhtd1D8sQA/s2048/CU1A9869.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTPz1u8B_P8J04PCg8dW-kUga2qZnQQdMZzUvgVOb08osgS4MdRUMuISe0ME8ru3UpaSrRbJb5a0guagXOeytctWrVRuG_B-nXDUBjjysjIhVbj6ELl4ogs4qyYt-VKzKFVidg2rPBV_tBZ7V-cFbRL1rG4QGEs9clMEObB5v9j7XLs3DVWhtd1D8sQA/s16000/CU1A9869.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghTzhadWgYWyb_bKsig3jNxu0oz-quSogO5jKClrC8fuVR7_nRflc2oZZS8c7gT1XXYUUnO-yiiJLYTc1wuVBSI5jPJpL03zbUZpbTs8bYSqV2SFohfNfw7ppqImr1_tjBA797nmNjKY-2GUBwBbWYCPteJFEAmbIOkCP-fXoqya-y1UTE1Dr0HS2PJg/s2048/CU1A9881.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghTzhadWgYWyb_bKsig3jNxu0oz-quSogO5jKClrC8fuVR7_nRflc2oZZS8c7gT1XXYUUnO-yiiJLYTc1wuVBSI5jPJpL03zbUZpbTs8bYSqV2SFohfNfw7ppqImr1_tjBA797nmNjKY-2GUBwBbWYCPteJFEAmbIOkCP-fXoqya-y1UTE1Dr0HS2PJg/s16000/CU1A9881.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJvTGn0-hLn1qY-kQLYEZtzCC-YwIhF_af2GZRC3BOcaGWXgJmQ0vH65LnO2pPOtRpyykRh3uLOd7pTfu-LPOKkH6n0bGPXMHEFIOkuIMAAeHLsAqXSfKXMDWJhD2BaHCnhxPis6hdfRDCGs_KHj7V0ditrpAfQM26ZNmf7eQ8KhG8KRDWwDCNrzMhNQ/s2048/CU1A9888.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJvTGn0-hLn1qY-kQLYEZtzCC-YwIhF_af2GZRC3BOcaGWXgJmQ0vH65LnO2pPOtRpyykRh3uLOd7pTfu-LPOKkH6n0bGPXMHEFIOkuIMAAeHLsAqXSfKXMDWJhD2BaHCnhxPis6hdfRDCGs_KHj7V0ditrpAfQM26ZNmf7eQ8KhG8KRDWwDCNrzMhNQ/s16000/CU1A9888.jpg" /></a></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><b>Everything hummus recipe:</b></h3><p>Soak about 1 1/2 cups of dried chickpeas overnight with a little baking soda. This is a wonderful tip that I learned from Rainbow Plant Life, and it makes for the creamiest hummus. Drain and rinse the next day, and cook them on the stovetop for about forty minutes, or until they are super duper soft. (Try the smush-test with your thumb. There should be no resistance.) Drain and rinse the cooked chickpeas once more, then add them to a food processor. Pulse until roughly chopped, then add:</p><p>5 heaping tbsp tahini</p><p>2-4 tbsp large lemon juice (preference!)</p><p>1 clove garlic chopped</p><p>1 heaping tsp ground cumin</p><p>1 tsp himalayan salt </p><p>1 tbsp of apple cider vinegar</p><p>2-4 tbsp of iced water (this will make the hummus suuuper fluffy!!)</p><p>Top it with 1 clove of minced garlic sauteed until lightly golden brown in about 2 tbsp of olive oil, and a generous sprinkle of everything toppings.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWM9dbtM_8MGDQzRD4eWoMiL9S7JcmKSuHRZAqFTM1tqjAw1ASHl0Pfk7ud54mMxbDPeOl9bybxkQAtXl5MJot2dFgYEgpx-fPJDIDpfBTggV3vFRxkuuA-TEIghdyglz-v6Y0bHFVsgdMcwMaCR65RIW8IboJXq87qKcxjW6HnuYqjX_eIFWmgUMhQA/s2048/CU1A9939.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWM9dbtM_8MGDQzRD4eWoMiL9S7JcmKSuHRZAqFTM1tqjAw1ASHl0Pfk7ud54mMxbDPeOl9bybxkQAtXl5MJot2dFgYEgpx-fPJDIDpfBTggV3vFRxkuuA-TEIghdyglz-v6Y0bHFVsgdMcwMaCR65RIW8IboJXq87qKcxjW6HnuYqjX_eIFWmgUMhQA/s16000/CU1A9939.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Delicious food? A contagiously joyful vibe or space? I would love to hear about it below. Let me know what you are loving in this blossoming summer season. </h3><p>I wish you joy in your journey, my friend.</p><p>Kate</p>K.A. 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One of my favorite seasons. "Spring, Kate? It's mid-June!" you might say. Well... let me explain. The seasons here in the Vermont mountains go something like:</div><div><br /></div><div>November - April = winter</div><div>May + June = spring</div><div>July + August = summer</div><div>September + October = fall</div><div><br /></div><div>It's a cool, damp day as I sit here writing. Probably in the low 60's. I'm drinking hot coffee and I am wrapped in a bathrobe. So... stil spring! But there's so much to <i>love</i> about this time of year, and one of my personal favorites is planning and planting the balcony garden. This year I wanted to fill it with as many edibles as possible. We planted lettuce, basil, and some herbs last year, which looked very pretty but had an extremely small yield, and the lettuce was left too long and went bitter. <span style="font-size: x-small;">(I was unfamiliar with the variety, which didn't help either.) </span>This year, I want to hone my gardening skills and get as much yield as possible from our little garden.</div><div><br /></div><div>Growing my own food as much as I am able to is something that has become more and more dear to me as I continue to grow and learn on my sustainability journey. I would say that, at this point, 80% of what we eat is locally sourced from nearby farmers, and hopefully, later in the season, some of that will be sourced directly from our own garden! Growing your own vegetables is a wonderful practice, it lowers waste, helps with the grocery bill, and it's incredibly sustainable. </div><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">How we started the garden... what was sustainable, and what wasn't</h3><div>We sourced all of our plants from either local organic farmers, or from the nursery just down the road from us (they sell some organic plants & herbs as well). We planted primarily in the garden box that we DIYed ourselves last summer (see <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJQTT32YBFQ">the video here</a>) and in <a href="http://ecoforms.com/">Ecoforms containers</a>, which are made out of renewable grain fibers and are biodegradable (they last outside about 5 years before they begin to break down). Their facility is also solar powered. </div><div><br /></div><div>Going to the local farmers market and getting to meet the farmers who started our little plants from seed was a wonderful experience. I love getting to put faces and locations to the hands and resources that went into growing the lovely little sprouts now chillin' happily on my balcony. It makes gardening richer and more rewarding in every way. Plus, whenever I can support my local farmers, I'm here for that.</div><div><br /></div><div>For watering the garden, we've been able to so far scoop water right out of our lake, which has been WONDERFUL. Unfortunately, a 'beautification' committee has been somehow granted permission to dump chemicals that are banned in the EU into the lake almost every year, (I know. Like, in Vermont? <i>What?</i>) making the water unusable for us. :'( So we just installed a rain barrel for backup.</div><div><br /></div><div>Now...the unsustainable bits. Which I think are <i>so important</i> to not shy away from. Trash auditing is important, and it helps me to become more aware of what's working, what's not, and what I need to change out for something more sustainable.</div><div><br /></div><div>Though we were able to source organic, nutrient-dense soil from our local nursery it came in a plastic bag, and not all plastics can be recycled in every state or facility. I'm still learning about alternatives - facilities that you can actually send some of these types of materials to for recycling. Next season, I'd love to find a farmer who has some organic soil that we can just drive up with the pickup truck and shovel a bunch into the bed. Some of the pots and starter containers were also plastic, most of which could be recycled, but others seemed unlikely. </div><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">The vegetables, herbs, and aromatics we chose to grow this season:</h3><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><i>Beefsteak tomatoes</i><br /><i>Orange Cocktail tomatoes</i><br /><i>Apple cherry tomatoes</i><br /><i>Red grape tomatoes</i><br /><i>Red bell peppers</i><br /><i>Escamillo peppers</i><br /><i>Bush green beans</i><br /><i>Market greens</i><br /><i>Arugula</i><br /><i>Flat leaf parsley</i><br /><i>Purple kale</i><br /><i>Sage</i><br /><i>Patchouli <span style="font-size: xx-small;">(i had to)</span></i><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><i>And sweet basil </i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>One of my favorites to watch so far has been the green beans - they germinated and sprouted SO quickly, I was absolutely amazed! It's such a wonder to watch plants grow, isn't it? It never ceases to amaze me. </div><div><br /></div><div>Our balcony really isn't very big at all. It's a little space, but it's been impressive just how much we have been able to grow here, and I couldn't be more excited for the yield. I love the fact that growing something sustainably really isn't that hard, and you really don't need that much space. Start mindfully & with what you have. That's really it.</div><div><br /></div><div>If you want to take a peak at what the planting process was like, check out <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PZxqlXFoxM">the little vlog I made here</a>!</div><div><br /></div><h4 style="text-align: left;">Are you growing anything this year? Flowers, edibles? What are your thoughts on growing your own food? I would love to hear about it below. <3</h4><div>Some songs I've been gardening/driving to the farmer's market listening to:</div><div><br /></div><iframe allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="380" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/playlist/7Me3lcQrdPxbPgo4mgUaiU?utm_source=generator" style="border-radius: 12px;" width="100%"></iframe><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><i>Cheers,</i></div><div><i>Kate</i></div>K.A. Emmonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12930155463690438292noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5081304063232753464.post-2801222716701695172021-08-11T11:16:00.005-04:002021-08-11T11:16:52.429-04:00the act of inviting - curating our lives with intention <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4gInal5-jV2YPwSfLABcwjHgxUTm1trGQIaRSoMjZwLWw53jTS3mUdxB5p8MNT9orUbQ7mGw9UDP_MrZDRQyMHiO_0oEuZOAUAh-5t0e0pG50n-YFmwyWzxfiJ_e7tiQ8kdXkSU5CwyH_/s2048/CU1A9492.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1583" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4gInal5-jV2YPwSfLABcwjHgxUTm1trGQIaRSoMjZwLWw53jTS3mUdxB5p8MNT9orUbQ7mGw9UDP_MrZDRQyMHiO_0oEuZOAUAh-5t0e0pG50n-YFmwyWzxfiJ_e7tiQ8kdXkSU5CwyH_/s16000/CU1A9492.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p>Something I have been dwelling on this morning: <i>invitation</i>. </p><p>The <i>act</i> of <i>inviting</i>. Every day, in so many sometimes almost imperceptibly small ways, we are inviting things into our lives: both tangible and intangible. Whether we are conscious of this or not, it is happening all the time on conscious and subconscious planes of reality. We are choosing what kind of energy we are releasing into the universe and toward others, we are also choosing what kind of energy we allow into our sacred temples and spaces. We are choosing whether to carefully curate our lives with intention and mindfulness, or whether to bring physical objects into our lives without much thought. </p><p>The thing is, no matter what you have been doing up until this point in time, there is no need to judge or condemn yourself. There is no need to hold onto guilt over the past. Consciousness itself is an invitation to let go... to allow yourself to greet the path ahead without condemnation. </p><p>As I continue in my own mindfulness journey, it has become clearer to me that guilt and self-criticism is never what moves us forward in meaningful ways. I think simply becoming aware of this concept of invitation - this idea that we can consciously invite things, whether they are physical or energetic, into our lives with love and meaning and intention... I think that is enough to free us. I think this concept is enough. There is no need for judgement, for guilt, or for looking back. I think this truth, in and of itself, is an invitation to look to the present moment with peace and gratitude in our hearts. It is a reminder that, no matter what, we can begin here... right now... in this moment. This moment is a beginning. </p><p>I wish you joy in your journey today and always, my friend.</p><p>Kate</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div><br /></div>K.A. Emmonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12930155463690438292noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5081304063232753464.post-23958433102564351502021-07-09T13:35:00.001-04:002021-07-09T13:35:36.376-04:00nourishment for creativity <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOyU3P0WQBYVvK7nesvF1mGBSKt86xIaV6HeJXxCbL5cNlaNy00ze8MjqQOvF1hrwMLcHJ44_R2QsO5kEeKdGjCAPmrO-CpuUvXNAHK89t3JcZTGLPmJj5Nwa1l5PIrEFw-s1yA8R5B9Js/s2048/CU1A9340.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1366" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOyU3P0WQBYVvK7nesvF1mGBSKt86xIaV6HeJXxCbL5cNlaNy00ze8MjqQOvF1hrwMLcHJ44_R2QsO5kEeKdGjCAPmrO-CpuUvXNAHK89t3JcZTGLPmJj5Nwa1l5PIrEFw-s1yA8R5B9Js/s16000/CU1A9340.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglW6GNq5B1y8YoMWoMeIchkcD-GMdbSzBYQzvAe4o2kT_wCNkfWVn-SP7gEMMyG89-S57OlxCbGA6HAMmzTPds1fsoR-gsXi6PqS30ZQv4al9I7qdh60LTnwmrv4-KeoTE_w7CYBFrKlop/s2048/CU1A9337.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1583" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglW6GNq5B1y8YoMWoMeIchkcD-GMdbSzBYQzvAe4o2kT_wCNkfWVn-SP7gEMMyG89-S57OlxCbGA6HAMmzTPds1fsoR-gsXi6PqS30ZQv4al9I7qdh60LTnwmrv4-KeoTE_w7CYBFrKlop/s16000/CU1A9337.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvg-rFkgR6hc9goPfmkIZLpmsAxQS8BXqwNsNpObB4KmHk9F_Vg3EDN2PhSTqo_NC-JnGl69XXRk8zJkX9crlgSHpJ8mN6fFKVvgI2pML4ub9EJH830-odpw_Ow1C4XR-8FSxAjFNzlByy/s2048/CU1A9336.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1583" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvg-rFkgR6hc9goPfmkIZLpmsAxQS8BXqwNsNpObB4KmHk9F_Vg3EDN2PhSTqo_NC-JnGl69XXRk8zJkX9crlgSHpJ8mN6fFKVvgI2pML4ub9EJH830-odpw_Ow1C4XR-8FSxAjFNzlByy/s16000/CU1A9336.jpg" /></a></div><br />Hello from a gloomy afternoon in the Vermont mountains. <p></p><p>I'm sitting here beneath my window looking out at the thick, dark woods, drinking my kale smoothie wondering whether to edit a little more or move onto the next task. The last few writing days have been tremendous, refreshing, revitalizing. I mentioned in my <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJQTT32YBFQ">last video</a> that it's been a bit of a struggle to get back into the creative writing mindset when I've been working on the final stages of a new book that will be coming out shortly. It's just such a different frame of mind to be in: editing, formatting, editing some more, figuring out all the little technical aspects that are so important to get right. </p><p>And then there's creative writing... my home. I like to live here, in my mind. This is my dwelling place. It aches when I've spent too long away from it; I'm homesick. </p><p>But now I feel that I am fully back in that sweet spot of writing and being able to balance that with everything else I need to be working on. Not always an easy task.</p><p>In other news, summer is in full swing here in the Vermont mountains and delicious fruits, berries, and veggies abound at the farmers market and the co-op. I am easing back into my 80/20 raw vegan lifestyle that I often adapt to for the warm season, and I am loving it. I deeply believe that taking care of ourselves, nourishing ourselves, taking the time to give ourselves what we need mind, body, and spirit is vitally important, not only so that we can live healthy, happy lives, but so that we can allow our own nourishment to spill over into the beautiful process of creation. We must create from a full cup. I feel immensely blessed that I am able to partake of this plant-based lifestyle, which has helped to guide me so much on my own journey.</p><p>That said, I'll share the (<i>very</i>) simple recipe for the delicious kale smoothie I'm drinking right now.β¨π±</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiH7qe11nn9W_O_gFYrYmEpjjIKIyGeDwFPJBA6rMlwyEXrIxkTWhuGXvgTPeQGcL_F4AVTSj0jVDXwyYtlcqSNKnxo-aQixbc_39tclSRT18Y5wfDJXM2DOqxHSsiYPl6cGeGRvOKkqpr/s2048/CU1A9365.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiH7qe11nn9W_O_gFYrYmEpjjIKIyGeDwFPJBA6rMlwyEXrIxkTWhuGXvgTPeQGcL_F4AVTSj0jVDXwyYtlcqSNKnxo-aQixbc_39tclSRT18Y5wfDJXM2DOqxHSsiYPl6cGeGRvOKkqpr/s16000/CU1A9365.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDQQkh2HhC9Ba6gzRtH6Sg03FhzjJrcmcMwdgJ2pjKW8MGBBAKdOZQ0WC8Y719_THmIv05W5BZm5IiArvPDlrYtV1At5wmmEBjXgyiYIhHeI9RTAQ1H4YHystEr6Fmff_iKgeRnIzAmDE7/s2048/CU1A9359.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDQQkh2HhC9Ba6gzRtH6Sg03FhzjJrcmcMwdgJ2pjKW8MGBBAKdOZQ0WC8Y719_THmIv05W5BZm5IiArvPDlrYtV1At5wmmEBjXgyiYIhHeI9RTAQ1H4YHystEr6Fmff_iKgeRnIzAmDE7/s16000/CU1A9359.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxw3f0iVbpijXez-MQgVmXBtkdLAwJq-j9b1ovuN5QKwKsWmiKGNrL9HQbyUsMuy2ZCLVwt5FMNMHEIXK6BHLfL9dr-aqsBkTqObm-QTu6VXKMPvbXXB0eKv1rjmyK0PyU_LRD0q_nPX_R/s2048/CU1A9364.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1366" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxw3f0iVbpijXez-MQgVmXBtkdLAwJq-j9b1ovuN5QKwKsWmiKGNrL9HQbyUsMuy2ZCLVwt5FMNMHEIXK6BHLfL9dr-aqsBkTqObm-QTu6VXKMPvbXXB0eKv1rjmyK0PyU_LRD0q_nPX_R/s16000/CU1A9364.jpg" /></a></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p><i>1-2 cups of fresh curly kale (I like to use organic if it's available, and you can feel free to increase or decrease this amount.)</i></p><p><i>1 cup of plant milk </i></p><p><i>1 banana</i></p><p><i>2 scoops of <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Orgain-Organic-Protein-Powder-Vanilla/dp/B00J074W7Q/ref=sxts_sxwds-bia-wc-rsf-lq2a1_0?crid=OAUKFR7OVBO3&cv_ct_cx=orgain+protein+powder&dchild=1&keywords=orgain+protein+powder&pd_rd_i=B00J074W7Q&pd_rd_r=90c5f5d0-47c5-4839-9295-2c0187443b2b&pd_rd_w=yYrXB&pd_rd_wg=byHBM&pf_rd_p=6b8835ed-96d6-4089-a8ed-3370ca81c53d&pf_rd_r=KVNYJ5ASFF4CHX6FFRF4&psc=1&qid=1625852064&sprefix=orgain+pro%2Caps%2C186&sr=1-1-18e0f783-7b71-42f0-a291-5a15b3cb969e">orgain protein powder</a></i></p><p><i>1/2 teaspoon of organic spirulina powder </i></p><p><i>Blend it up and enjoy. If it's too thick, just add a little more plant milk or water.</i></p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p>Eat well, live well, be well, create beautiful things! What are some nourishing ways you have been looking after yourself lately? What does your self care practice consist of? What are your thoughts on plant-based living? I would love to hear your thoughts in the comments below.β¨</p><p><br /></p><p>All the love and light!π</p><p>Kate</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>K.A. 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(Yes, it's 4th of July weekend!) <p></p><p>I can't remember the last time we've had such a cold, damp July 4th. The sky is choked with clouds, and it's drizzling off and on. I'm sitting beside the window, just finishing off an espresso, watching the wind stir the maples in the front yard. </p><p>I'm days away from announcing a new book series, and best of all I've been actively <i>writing</i> a <i>lot</i>, which has felt very needed and therapeutic; a balm to the soul. I never push myself with writing, I write when I want to and when I don't I do other things. Not always thrilled about days when I don't feel like it, but I think that's part of the process - learning how to flow, remaining flexible: a bamboo reed, imagery that has always spoken deeply to me. Creativity was never meant to be something forced or pressured, and I feel like any concepts I've been carrying of what 'creativity should be' are coming down on a continual basis. Growth! It's all good! Let it flow.</p><p>In the area of minimalism, I've been given such joy in the unfolding of my ongoing journey in this practice. I feel more centered and focused than I have in the long time, and I honestly believe this is a large part of why I've been able to sink deeper into my writing lately. The less I am giving attention and energy to, the more I am able to really give my attention to the things I really want to invest myself into, heart and soul. I'm planning on filming a few videos about this to share more about my journey and what has helped guide me.</p><p>And lastly, my new Etsy shop, <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/VermontBoho?ref=seller-platform-mcnav" target="_blank">Vermont Boho</a>...! What a joy that's been to share, I've been so touched by all the good energy and support. So thank you to everyone who has visited, commented, favorited my shop, and invited my work into their lives. Much love! If you haven't had a chance to check out my shop, feel free to <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/VermontBoho?ref=seller-platform-mcnav">here</a>.</p><p>That's it for now. Off to forage for more coffee and perhaps get a little writing in. How's your weekend going? What's been inspiring your creativity lately? I would love to hear about your journey in the comments below, friend.</p><p>All the love & light,</p><p>Kate</p><p><br /></p><p> </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>K.A. 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font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 16px;">It's finally summer here in the mountains, and I am very stoked about it. This might seem surprising if you follow my </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWbbRCqlmjlxoQMSqT_vDgQ" style="background-color: white; color: #007c89; font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 16px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank">YouTube channel</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #757575; font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 16px;">, where I share about my writing journey, and my holistic lifestyle here in Vermont, because I make a lot of videos chronicling and celebrating the cold, snowy season here (aka, half the year), but I enjoy summer every bit as much, and probably a little more. Summer means gardening, spending a lot of time outside hiking, kayaking, going to the farmers market, and planning surf excursions. This summer is also extra special, because I am working on releasing a new book (!!! yes!!) and also co-writing a brand new SERIES with my sister, </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/abbieemmons" style="background-color: white; color: #007c89; font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 16px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank">Abbie Emmons of Writer's Life Wednesdays</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #757575; font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 16px;">. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #757575; font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #757575; font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #757575; font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 16px;">Between all of this highly computer intensive work, I've been giving myself (and my eyeballs) a break by doing something completely different - making something with my hands. I love making art, and that's certainly not limited to writing only. Raised by two creative, free thinking parents, my sister and I learned from a very early age to create boundlessly. I love weaving/macrameing. It's something I learned when I was very young, something that's really fun and relaxing to do outside on a sunny morning with a cup of coffee. I've made myself tie-on bracelets and anklets for years, and this summer I've been getting back into it. Which leads me to my announcement: I opened an </span><a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/VermontBoho" style="background-color: white; color: #007c89; font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 16px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" target="_blank">Etsy shoppe</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #757575; font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 16px;">. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #757575; font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #757575; font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #757575; font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 16px;">I have made so many bracelets/anklets, I thought I would start sharing them. The rich, earthy tones are deeply inspired by the colors and vibes of the Vermont mountains, and are 100% organic, low-impact dyed, fairtrade cotton. Woven with love by your local storyteller. :) It's also a great way to support my channel, if you enjoy what I make over there.</span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #757575; font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #757575; font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">How I make them:</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #757575; font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="343" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/49k5SEyXeps" width="412" youtube-src-id="49k5SEyXeps"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #757575; font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #757575; font-family: georgia, times, times new roman, serif; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/VermontBoho?ref=seller-platform-mcnav" target="_blank">Get a bracelet </a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #757575; font-family: georgia, times, times new roman, serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #757575; font-family: georgia, times, times new roman, serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #757575; font-family: georgia, times, times new roman, serif;">How's your summer going? What is your favorite thing (or things) about this time of the year? I would love to hear about your own journey, so click that reply button and tell me all about it. </span></span></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #757575; font-family: georgia, times, times new roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #757575; font-family: georgia, times, times new roman, serif;">Much love & light,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #757575; font-family: georgia, times, times new roman, serif;">Kate</span></div></div>K.A. Emmonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12930155463690438292noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5081304063232753464.post-56816631270213773422020-11-14T14:20:00.001-05:002020-11-14T14:20:19.801-05:00My 7 Minimalist Self Care Essentials <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGQO8F7eH0PUThZFruM69C2S_Qg-V5Xpu46SvVUly3A2b4CiPKyIlgd_V84ks6_40ADTdR84R_y2sXTvJn2wzDZRpFAzd1sNcwA_dV7ZeHgjX8yVEbkbmcL44D8S50oljnJZfEMBGykkUt/s2048/IMG_7528.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1583" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGQO8F7eH0PUThZFruM69C2S_Qg-V5Xpu46SvVUly3A2b4CiPKyIlgd_V84ks6_40ADTdR84R_y2sXTvJn2wzDZRpFAzd1sNcwA_dV7ZeHgjX8yVEbkbmcL44D8S50oljnJZfEMBGykkUt/s16000/IMG_7528.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU8e3mJx0BkiNxTZyyrD_tOApWoMsi07zNSN_aAUwdG6efR8M9wMQU-WRDxJx0KpUH-euWilYXPk6zXZIPMIPdrRGz1u-yYN-8RZat4vftPVlRH2HKigIS3zBBlmQdY5h3LZ0njNvYYORu/s2048/IMG_7520.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU8e3mJx0BkiNxTZyyrD_tOApWoMsi07zNSN_aAUwdG6efR8M9wMQU-WRDxJx0KpUH-euWilYXPk6zXZIPMIPdrRGz1u-yYN-8RZat4vftPVlRH2HKigIS3zBBlmQdY5h3LZ0njNvYYORu/s16000/IMG_7520.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p>Rest. Taking a moment. Breathing. Remembering that we are here to create...and that includes creating and cultivating and choosing joy. </p><p>Here I sit, a steaming matcha latte in hand, remembering that life is brought to you by the slow sips...the pause...</p><p>Mmm. How often we forget the pause.</p><p>Sitting in silence...enjoying this...THIS. This moment we are living in right here, right now. </p><p>Today's video on my channel is a thoughtful, yummy offering on the topic of self care and what it means to me exactly. I've been thinking a lot about self care and what it means. </p><p>Self care is so much more than just going to get a facial or taking a bubble bath (not that there's anything wrong with these)...it's about asking yourself: <b>what really, deeply nourishes me, body, mind, and spirit? </b></p><p>Often, the label of "self care" is applied to things that don't actually nourish us. Today, I wanted to open this topic and invite you to take part in this discussion...I wanted to share a few of the minimal, nourishing, and earth-friendly items that I use in my daily practice of self-care. I am not perfect in my practice by any means...as a busy writer and creative, I can often forget to continuously nourish myself. But that's where self love comes in. :) Every day is a new chance to become whole.</p><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/EhKrbhpXQLo" width="560"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">So tell me, what are a few of your favorite ways to look after yourself? What are some nourishing items that you have invited into your own personal self-care practice? ππ Namaste</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;">Stay stoked,</div><div style="text-align: right;">Kate</div>K.A. Emmonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12930155463690438292noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5081304063232753464.post-88054982266648339072020-11-09T18:48:00.002-05:002020-11-09T18:48:15.899-05:00Are You Really A Writer??<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU4_6NC29gvjSn1pLbWJ9KY8PL0rZmhBqY2fAkyoKXXralNpW8vLDAU4je6auX4htjKnyISTNhGOZKh16tyfQyFSwOS4QjKiyKtTTADNYEvvqV1sJZDues_qFVt5Xycu2b5gr4zX9JGm2Z/s2048/IMG_2356.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1638" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU4_6NC29gvjSn1pLbWJ9KY8PL0rZmhBqY2fAkyoKXXralNpW8vLDAU4je6auX4htjKnyISTNhGOZKh16tyfQyFSwOS4QjKiyKtTTADNYEvvqV1sJZDues_qFVt5Xycu2b5gr4zX9JGm2Z/s16000/IMG_2356.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kZoIxemDsPU" width="560"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Abbie and I wanted to get this episode out there during NaNoWriMo. I've heard from so many writer who have experienced this feeling: imposter syndrome. Those doubting voices that creep up on us, questioning: <i>"Do we really have what it takes to be a writer? Or are we just kidding ourselves?"</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">A lot of writers struggle with imposter syndrome β the feeling that you're just "faking it" and not actually a REAL writer. You feel unworthy of praise and almost like you're fooling people into reading your work. Even when you receive positive feedback, you shrink β feeling like you aren't qualified to have such praise lavished on your writing. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">If any of this sounds familiar to you, don't worry: you are not alone. Many authors struggle with this conflict, which is why today Abbie and I are sharing our best tips for overcoming imposter syndrome and feeling confident in your writing.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Have you ever struggled with doubting your writing or creative work? How do you overcome thoughts of doubt? How do you gain confidence as a writer? I would love to hear your thoughts below in the comments, my friend. ππ I wish you an inspired day.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;">Stay stoked.</div><div style="text-align: right;">Kate</div></div>K.A. Emmonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12930155463690438292noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5081304063232753464.post-53590338385910279902020-11-07T17:10:00.006-05:002020-11-07T17:35:46.342-05:00Nourishment = Creativity <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6zOq9w_yETdRxFWgZy0xVHuLMxaBLxVCSx4EcG2-3G45eB51AJ1w5L8fbKvMeEcm2ifllIsvaQf3VG2U8JDCL3oE8ZkPbmVdvyG7VQlKb6RsVwDHn40u0-ApVJj0vJ5qop8SdZzLoFoVk/s2048/IMG_7354.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1583" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6zOq9w_yETdRxFWgZy0xVHuLMxaBLxVCSx4EcG2-3G45eB51AJ1w5L8fbKvMeEcm2ifllIsvaQf3VG2U8JDCL3oE8ZkPbmVdvyG7VQlKb6RsVwDHn40u0-ApVJj0vJ5qop8SdZzLoFoVk/s16000/IMG_7354.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtwcVPDuFbCj8rby8x1pBJRO86qJ_MyfMbSnljsM4ZyCc19oNxy4TY1WS6aV6BJnEGD9q9X9oS-jea-DsQsVvxpI_CzX0_Fck5nVrHm59q72jqqh7kBmlENvH_ysKNC1q4cAN5Ibs9u_CQ/s2048/IMG_7317.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtwcVPDuFbCj8rby8x1pBJRO86qJ_MyfMbSnljsM4ZyCc19oNxy4TY1WS6aV6BJnEGD9q9X9oS-jea-DsQsVvxpI_CzX0_Fck5nVrHm59q72jqqh7kBmlENvH_ysKNC1q4cAN5Ibs9u_CQ/s16000/IMG_7317.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p>Creativity is cultivated. I have to remind myself of this. Sometimes I still forget to ask myself the question: <i>what do I need today? What do I truly need?</i></p><p>Nourishment has to come first. That's my mantra. Today, between coffee and stress - wondering which tasks needed to be checked off the list first...I remembered to stop. To take a deep breath. To ask myself:</p><p>What do I need today?</p><p>Nourishment comes first. Nourishment cultivates creativity.</p><p>Creativity, like a beautiful tree, needs light, water, and nutrients. The creative spirit within us needs just as much attention and care. </p><p>What good does stressing do us? Rushing, hustling. </p><p>Let's slow down and let go. Let's ask ourselves: <i>what do I need today? What will nourish me today?</i></p><p>And yes, sometimes your brain might reply: "we don't have time to do yoga, or meditate, or read a book, or simply sit in silence for a little while" sometimes our brain will urge us: <i>go go go!</i></p><p>Yet, we can accomplish more, and feel more fulfilled if we start from the place of nourishment and creativity. And in order to arrive at that starting point...we need to slow down, draw back, breathe. Be mindful.</p><p>Today, this was my process. Today started like this:</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">This morning's <span style="font-size: xx-small;">very refreshing</span> yoga practice:</p><p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/w2xk84OCTVo" width="560"></iframe><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/_EUY_j-FeXA" width="560"></iframe></p><p style="text-align: left;">The meditation that followed:</p><p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/LDs7jglje_U" width="560"></iframe></p><p style="text-align: left;">Yes, hour long meditations are peaceful, relaxing, and beyond that transformative. I've benefited greatly from them. But some days I just don't have time to settle down for that long. However, a little goes a long way, and this is incredibly true for meditation.</p><p style="text-align: left;">I sat on my yoga mat for five minutes, closed my eyes, breathed deep, and released the stress and tension I had been holding on to. I shed tears. I allowed my mind and heart to open and reset. It was <i>powerful</i>. It was <i>needed</i>.</p><p style="text-align: left;">Never underestimate what a little TLC in the morning can do for you creatively. This is just a snapshot of a couple of things I try to practice as often as I can. A few ways I start my day right.</p><p style="text-align: left;">Much love guys. <3</p><p style="text-align: right;"><i>Stay stoked,</i></p><p style="text-align: right;"><i>Kate</i></p>K.A. Emmonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12930155463690438292noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5081304063232753464.post-29164176787918211032020-10-27T21:21:00.002-04:002020-10-27T21:21:08.617-04:00long, rainy fall writing days + a few new projects<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi96_20mfm1VZ_q0HdUyDvV6AwfcnCT1-CPo1mvKdSpbW7cnwShfYQ0izuU6AWhcqOWD5PTJf9lfyxRsJ5VlmGqr_X-bTcIAzpU5cepy83LY1cRl7kcZdAZV7-oJRy51lGIigVWbX3pj0C_/s2048/IMG_6859.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1583" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi96_20mfm1VZ_q0HdUyDvV6AwfcnCT1-CPo1mvKdSpbW7cnwShfYQ0izuU6AWhcqOWD5PTJf9lfyxRsJ5VlmGqr_X-bTcIAzpU5cepy83LY1cRl7kcZdAZV7-oJRy51lGIigVWbX3pj0C_/s16000/IMG_6859.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBem_StpXEf2wtneRgrr9GQ8SnCOH-O-Z9e8ilzeDUoEO8iZRKDQ_50jTDu3zv4UaCccbLpiGzkHVDQohk_s_q_amiEe42QW0Hj5i46K6unQG6jbviygtZFw-KmXJ8vwIZzChnH1zN5DX0/s2048/IMG_6856.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1583" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBem_StpXEf2wtneRgrr9GQ8SnCOH-O-Z9e8ilzeDUoEO8iZRKDQ_50jTDu3zv4UaCccbLpiGzkHVDQohk_s_q_amiEe42QW0Hj5i46K6unQG6jbviygtZFw-KmXJ8vwIZzChnH1zN5DX0/s16000/IMG_6856.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlx_fdCpuu4Yo5aSzG-wyJ7l2axYv8rYO0n1_Isgw0ghdPqnkY2bRF3npjfqXOXedFZbiXFiLciITXemhwJ3_6LidS0rx5AscHaHT211jXPfSJHql_xr4BPfDSV4vde1NNmNgreCl9q4zc/s2048/IMG_6848.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1583" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlx_fdCpuu4Yo5aSzG-wyJ7l2axYv8rYO0n1_Isgw0ghdPqnkY2bRF3npjfqXOXedFZbiXFiLciITXemhwJ3_6LidS0rx5AscHaHT211jXPfSJHql_xr4BPfDSV4vde1NNmNgreCl9q4zc/s16000/IMG_6848.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-HXIzklKoUuRU_mjMUzxcicMPECx86ia0cjhdnblE7wVyLxgM7rUSGUEGDr4kK4kNVOWW0TfSMbNdYaSU2leoh7p9DR26djryNB5kTbvKzrJoHrDwqaO998T6BrTplBXybW_mRDVoJKq-/s2048/IMG_6847.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-HXIzklKoUuRU_mjMUzxcicMPECx86ia0cjhdnblE7wVyLxgM7rUSGUEGDr4kK4kNVOWW0TfSMbNdYaSU2leoh7p9DR26djryNB5kTbvKzrJoHrDwqaO998T6BrTplBXybW_mRDVoJKq-/s16000/IMG_6847.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I spent the day squirreled away in my office in my comfiest linen pants and a favorite tee, consuming <span style="font-size: xx-small;">probably too much</span> espresso. I did this because I am hard at work on something. More than one something, actually. One is a new book. The other is a book that will be coming out next year. <span style="font-size: xx-small;">(!!!!!)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">In addition to these two projects I've been submersed in, there's a third very exciting project going...more on that soon. Keep an eye out right here on the blog. :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">These long, gray, rainy fall days spent in my office remind me of just how grateful I am for the opportunity to write. To tell stories. I <i>love</i> telling stories. Sometimes that simple fact gets a bit buried beneath all the task lists that come with being an author and sending books out into the world...but when it's all said and done, beneath the editing, re-reading, and many, many, <i>many</i> hours of work that go into each and every book...that's what drives me. That one, simple fact. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I love telling stories. It's a part of me and drives everything I do.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">My books, if you haven't had a chance to read them yet:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Blood-Race-Book-1-ebook/dp/B074CQ64NG">The Blood Race</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07CPXPFJG?notRedirectToSDP=1&ref_=dbs_mng_calw_1&storeType=ebooks">Worlds Beneath</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07VJ8ML3L?notRedirectToSDP=1&ref_=dbs_mng_calw_2&storeType=ebooks">Resurgence </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Anomaly-Blood-Race-Prequel-Book-ebook/dp/B086T6HJ49/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=anomaly+ka+emmons&qid=1603847871&s=digital-text&sr=1-1">Anomaly</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">What about you, creative writers? What have you been working on? Do you currently have a WIP going? Are you participating in this year's NaNoWriMo? Let me know, I would absolutely love to hear about it. πππ</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;">stay stoked.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;">kate</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p>K.A. Emmonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12930155463690438292noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5081304063232753464.post-37869483961014062422020-10-20T15:13:00.001-04:002020-10-20T15:13:43.571-04:00a weekend in the woods<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_FieL3LyJDdWxj69NJ3v97xYfD-VUyQ40kUwLMkyEjr3oZDw-wOIDCmocvgS2gwxR4AqYQykhquPYdiKVkEh9WmAnuVyFzkunMpCatdZvANYMiD3vVMkh0xii4tatEBWTYLiqZXllR6D6/s2048/IMG_7188.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1583" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_FieL3LyJDdWxj69NJ3v97xYfD-VUyQ40kUwLMkyEjr3oZDw-wOIDCmocvgS2gwxR4AqYQykhquPYdiKVkEh9WmAnuVyFzkunMpCatdZvANYMiD3vVMkh0xii4tatEBWTYLiqZXllR6D6/s16000/IMG_7188.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtbyXCYm0T2maiDIr3XfoSjwLKfszI76fPpq6VVww956qUBlOEW2Of4zzyaVNIIF8rLKnE2ANrv0C6rbx4ghz__KuaAQKOEesExdqakdmEgROkoFo6esWP_x8ZeeqeaQA-pzPZuE13sy4W/s2048/IMG_7158.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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I am constantly amazed by the clarity that comes from spending time in nature. As I put it on Instagram, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><blockquote><i>"<span style="text-align: left;">Sitting in silence is an art these days." This is something a dear friend said recently and it has stuck with me. These words ring true. I go to the woods, the lakes, the ocean, and the mountains because when I simply cease my striving and open my senses...I hear nothing. Silence. The soft shush of water to shore. The warble of a cardinal in a distant pine. The gentle, loving wind embracing the worshiping arms of the forest. Here, in these depths, the suffocating layers we've wrapped tightly around reality are stripped away, laying bare that which is true. I am grateful for the unraveling of the false. I am thankful that earth is as steadfast and encompassing as ever. Here, in this peace...I am. Simply am. With nothing else attached."</span></i></blockquote><span style="text-align: left;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">There is wisdom in the quiet wood; a wordless song. A path that leads to that which is real. A path carved through and within reality in its truest form; far from the noise, the clutter, the distractions. It's weekends like this last one that remind me of what is important. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Do you gain clarity from spending time in nature? What is one outdoor place that brings you peace? The forest, the ocean or mountains? Please share your own personal journey below, friend. I would love to hear from you. πππ</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><i>Stay stoked,</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><i>Kate</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div>K.A. Emmonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12930155463690438292noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5081304063232753464.post-16004480296284084762020-10-08T16:04:00.010-04:002020-10-08T16:07:45.949-04:00New Preptober/Nano Series on The Kate & Abbie Show <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjypZmHX78NYEv714hLVkMbJ_RN8ZjZcYobnn7FycLN8V6fK0Gnj3cCQ_ee9S_VxHz0KQUFI_G4QD4QvXqPdPQ8cwNEdumgJqcjhWEv55kPQiIfCwCIqaD0ak38m81kOl4Vru6miOtrA491/s2048/PXL_20201004_194101815-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1583" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjypZmHX78NYEv714hLVkMbJ_RN8ZjZcYobnn7FycLN8V6fK0Gnj3cCQ_ee9S_VxHz0KQUFI_G4QD4QvXqPdPQ8cwNEdumgJqcjhWEv55kPQiIfCwCIqaD0ak38m81kOl4Vru6miOtrA491/s16000/PXL_20201004_194101815-2.jpg" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Hey friends! <div><br /></div><div>We're in the thick of fall. The days have been long and beautiful here, and Abbie and I have been working on a new, exciting series for you guys! I'll share a bit now.</div><div><br /></div><div>NaNoWriMo is fast approaching and you know what that means: getting back into the habit of writing consistently every day. But sticking to a habit is easier said than done. How can you stay focused when there are so many distractions? That's what this week's podcast is all about. In this episode, Abbie and I share some of our favorite techniques for developing a writing habit and sticking to it. Perfect for NaNoWrimo or any other day of the year! </div><div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/17LSU2CXneo" width="560"></iframe></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">I also wanted to share a new video I just posted on my YouTube channel. If you enjoyed my recent autumn post here on the blog, I think you'll really enjoy this video - Vermont Fall in 4 Minutes. Have a watch below:</p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xdo1S5Y1a54" width="560"></iframe></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">How is your fall thus far, my friend? What's your favorite thing about this time of year? Are you participating in NaNoWriMo this year? Or are you working on a novel? Let me know, I would love to hear from you. πβοΈπ</span></p><p style="text-align: right;"><i>stay stoked!</i></p><p style="text-align: right;"><i>kate</i></p></div>K.A. 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They are warm sunlight, wind whipping through the tall grass and rust-colored corn fields. They are writing and coffee and writing and coffee and more of the same. They are kayaking and listening to Canadian geese come in for a landing each night, and waking to their joyful chorus each morning. </div><div><br /></div><div>It's watching the sheep and the horses graze the hillsides, so contented within themselves - free, wild, at one with the earth they roam.</div><div><br /></div><div>These days are for dwelling. For letting go of the clutter, and sinking deep into what is real and here and now as one sinks back into a homemade quilt stretched over their bed.</div><div><br /></div><div><i>Autumn. Fall. </i></div><div><br /></div><div>To me, it is the season in which the mountains ignite and the harvest moon rises in golden glory. I hope that through these snapshots I can share just a bit of what this time of year means to me with you. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Do you love autumn? What is your favorite thing about this time of year? What is your favorite thing to do in the fall? Let me know, I would love to hear about your own journey, friend. ππ</span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: right;"><i>Stay stoked,</i></div><div style="text-align: right;"><i>Kate</i></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>K.A. Emmonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12930155463690438292noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5081304063232753464.post-18559917741611630162020-09-28T10:04:00.002-04:002020-09-28T10:04:58.681-04:00How to Believe in Yourself As a Writer (When Nobody Else Does)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_Cd5pORRCwjs0Kwo8NSp7gzbDUMUcUmplZxGXwrbJiyV7rYjVBgIalq8OOucSesPn8RuBPxq083yoyHwTCPVLuXswh6xphlhmcC3fBgi3nR7Ttl5T3mdSuU-ANTOxOBYUaNBWbrbxAmuL/s1024/Abbie%252BEmmons%252B100%252BDAYS%252BOF%252BSUNLIGHT%252B3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="819" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_Cd5pORRCwjs0Kwo8NSp7gzbDUMUcUmplZxGXwrbJiyV7rYjVBgIalq8OOucSesPn8RuBPxq083yoyHwTCPVLuXswh6xphlhmcC3fBgi3nR7Ttl5T3mdSuU-ANTOxOBYUaNBWbrbxAmuL/s16000/Abbie%252BEmmons%252B100%252BDAYS%252BOF%252BSUNLIGHT%252B3.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/74Jk2oHj5ws" width="560"></iframe></div><p><br /></p><p>Do you ever feel like you're not qualified to be a writer? Do you often catch yourself saying "they are so much better than me!" or comparing yourself to other writers? Do you feel discouraged by people who tell you to "get a real job" or that you're simply not good enough? </p><p>If so, this episode of The Kate & Abbie Show is for you. </p><p>Abbie and I sat down to talk about how to believe in yourself as a writer...even when it seems like no one else does. This episode will boost your confidence and give you the courage to believe in your writing. </p><p>I am stoked to share with you guys what has become one of our most listened to episodes of the podcast yet. </p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Takeaways:</span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>- Stay positive</i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>- Use positive words to speak to yourself about your writing</i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>- Be proud of how far you have come</i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>- Build the author you want to be within...here and now</i></span></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">How do <i>you</i> talk to yourself and others about your writing? What do you think of this episode of the show, and what would you add to this conversation about believing in yourself as a writer? Comment below and let me know...I would love to hear from you. ππΏ</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Like this post? Pin it!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhape4MCgXr7Otqsxk57pdLKHBewryafCXnEfdUNJG-O-oa-Zb5hyvVY6lKExcRcpPv_-cRYXQwqO3maoxX0KylEzgxCxX1zyiiSqSMxQmkSYV5eUjgL0pAahFogqvrMts8y0_na4hxja2D/s1024/Abbie%252BEmmons%252B100%252BDAYS%252BOF%252BSUNLIGHT%252B3.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="819" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhape4MCgXr7Otqsxk57pdLKHBewryafCXnEfdUNJG-O-oa-Zb5hyvVY6lKExcRcpPv_-cRYXQwqO3maoxX0KylEzgxCxX1zyiiSqSMxQmkSYV5eUjgL0pAahFogqvrMts8y0_na4hxja2D/w512-h640/Abbie%252BEmmons%252B100%252BDAYS%252BOF%252BSUNLIGHT%252B3.png" width="512" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: large;">Stay stoked,</span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Kate</span></p>K.A. Emmonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12930155463690438292noreply@blogger.com138tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5081304063232753464.post-17345190053239123172020-09-23T16:09:00.005-04:002020-09-23T16:19:15.790-04:00Extreme Digital Minimalism - Life Without A Phone<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfvJHzLCqV1OsUT9F9uKd_20-RHySfY3136fkd7tR9U4r5Xwen39-l3xB6irSdk-qunZqoUt-sBegN1Rv-ZRKz8emzlAxEkwLbejk0P3A5Lj75qQ6iO4SscYdcX3Z-da9C6kHD-DRgnAPC/s2048/IMG_4160.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfvJHzLCqV1OsUT9F9uKd_20-RHySfY3136fkd7tR9U4r5Xwen39-l3xB6irSdk-qunZqoUt-sBegN1Rv-ZRKz8emzlAxEkwLbejk0P3A5Lj75qQ6iO4SscYdcX3Z-da9C6kHD-DRgnAPC/s16000/IMG_4160.jpg" /></a></div><br />Hey friends. Fall is officially here. Here I sit in a warm, favorite sweater, finishing up a mug of steaming matcha. Mmm. The sunlight is golden as it pours in through the windows, and I have spent the morning reading through a current work in progress (<i>exciting!</i>) Please take a moment to tell me how you are down in the comments. How's your autumn so far?<p style="text-align: left;">If you follow my <a href="https://www.youtube.com/kaemmons">YouTube channel</a>, you have probably already seen my latest video, but if you haven't, I'll link it below. </p>This one's called life without a phone. Which sounds...different to many. I've been wanting to make a video about this for a while now because it is something that has very deeply (and positively) impacted my life and creativity. <p>We live in a world that is constantly vying for our attention. We are inundated by consumerism - this toxic idea that we "need more in order to be happy" but in reality nothing could be further from the truth, and this is one of the many reasons I practice minimalism; digitally, and in every other area of my life.</p><p>For me, minimalism combats this idea that we endlessly "need more." Minimalism supports a gentle and loving reminder that we are enough, and that we have enough, and I believe that from this place of understanding, we can begin to be creative.</p><p>Life without a phone has taught me that I must disconnect from all of the noise in order to truly connect...in order to truly engage my own spirit and creativity. I hope that this video can be an encouragement to you on your own path of creativity and mindfulness. I would love to hear your thoughts below in the comments.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>I choose to live without a phone, and to use a phone only when traveling because:</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>- I believe that phones and other digital devices can create distraction and block our creativity</i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>- I believe that it is important to remain fully present and mindful</i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>- I believe that it is important to use technology mindfully and for the purpose that it was created for: to help us connect when we need to. To inspire, not to hinder. </i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/qKB0uUtjHCU" width="560"></iframe></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">How do you practice digital minimalism in your own daily practice, friend? Or, if you do not practice minimalism, how do you cultivate a healthy relationship with the digital items that you own? I would love to hear about your own practice if you would like to share. πππΏ</span></p><p style="text-align: right;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: right;">Stay stoked,</p><p style="text-align: right;">Kate</p><p style="text-align: right;"><br /></p>K.A. Emmonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12930155463690438292noreply@blogger.com34tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5081304063232753464.post-24949887603501861432020-09-15T10:55:00.007-04:002020-09-23T14:17:03.026-04:00How I Created a Peaceful Writing Nook - In 5 Steps<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdoOtm73T5sbA3j4AGw6ALcLXtXV-cQgILmcLwUTU-YbctVwa8dDWsbiLBgPg0hJuI94wTgnOqMc5otdms6oQ0D9M6SglEcPX0Q_WOEt1hyphenhyphen2zhVVk8xuU-wdQ5ttazL-mBrd2Hm6vWeXEQ/s2048/IMG_2922.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1583" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdoOtm73T5sbA3j4AGw6ALcLXtXV-cQgILmcLwUTU-YbctVwa8dDWsbiLBgPg0hJuI94wTgnOqMc5otdms6oQ0D9M6SglEcPX0Q_WOEt1hyphenhyphen2zhVVk8xuU-wdQ5ttazL-mBrd2Hm6vWeXEQ/s16000/IMG_2922.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/FXUFtqUQNi8" width="560"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p>Good morning my friends! Today I wanted to share my new video with you: this one is about my personal practice of creating a peaceful, high-vibe writing nook in which I can be creative and enjoy myself.</p><p>I do this by:</p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;">1. Choosing my space mindfully</span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;">2. Creating an atmosphere</span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;">3. Making myself something (usually warm + cozy) to drink. (You guys know how much I love coffee...and now matcha also!)</span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;">4. Changing it up</span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;">5. Keeping it simple</span></b></p><p><br /></p><p>These five steps are the tools I use on a regular basis to create a loving and peaceful environment to create in. I really dig into each of these in the video, so I invite you to brew a cup of coffee or tea and watch the video. If you are a creative writer, or someone who works at a desk, you will receive a lot of value from it. That is my hope.</p><p>Have a beautiful week, my friend! πΊπ±π</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Like this post? Pin it! </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7UcHK6LBkgvmqf43L5o8c44JUubCwo2w3WLfnTXDL5XU3qP_Q49qPhCLZdopc_Yo361xygvwbA1suy_NYflTIqsSew-b7tp6UvtGf-bT38zhK-8JwRek_vU2sU6sGmIx48nLVkThqdlUp/s1500/cozy+writing+nook.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7UcHK6LBkgvmqf43L5o8c44JUubCwo2w3WLfnTXDL5XU3qP_Q49qPhCLZdopc_Yo361xygvwbA1suy_NYflTIqsSew-b7tp6UvtGf-bT38zhK-8JwRek_vU2sU6sGmIx48nLVkThqdlUp/w426-h640/cozy+writing+nook.png" width="426" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: right;"><i>Stay stoked!</i></p><p style="text-align: right;"><i>Kate</i></p>K.A. Emmonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12930155463690438292noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5081304063232753464.post-44836028312595147422020-09-11T18:53:00.005-04:002020-09-13T17:57:20.540-04:00How to Successfully Self-Publish on Amazon - with Dave Chesson of Kindlepreneur<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoeyhBD1EMphelcKXvdRsmWwAwPLpZ5aO7P_gB1Fu184Usq1tBbhsuB7dpFm_ZQnSUnVAqwRlMBTYkN5UL9kZ1w3hBBSvwbg9XfGNbM4MEMQvNd_1QsmD3OuWv8QWBmdfDa4ljTCDACAlk/s1280/dave+thumbnail_02.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="686" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoeyhBD1EMphelcKXvdRsmWwAwPLpZ5aO7P_gB1Fu184Usq1tBbhsuB7dpFm_ZQnSUnVAqwRlMBTYkN5UL9kZ1w3hBBSvwbg9XfGNbM4MEMQvNd_1QsmD3OuWv8QWBmdfDa4ljTCDACAlk/w1220-h686/dave+thumbnail_02.png" width="1220" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/KpbIFbwsHm8" width="560"></iframe></div><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">Hey guys! Some exciting news - Abbie and I interviewed Dave Chesson on Kindlepreneur on the show last week. Creative writers: you don't want to miss this episode!</p><p style="text-align: left;">Dave is a book marketing tactics guru...his mission is to empower authors to take their book sales to the next level. He is also the creator of Publisher Rocket, a software that helps authors see what's really going on in Kindle marketing.</p><p style="text-align: left;">We were thrilled to have Dave on the show to break down some of the common questions many writers face when publishing their debut novel.</p><p style="text-align: left;">Highly recommend grabbing a cup of coffee (or tea) and grabbing a notebook for this one!</p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p></p><div style="text-align: right;">Stay stoked!</div><div style="text-align: right;">Kate</div><p></p><div style="text-align: right;"><br /></div>K.A. Emmonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12930155463690438292noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5081304063232753464.post-60363700388292629492020-09-02T13:10:00.008-04:002020-09-03T17:09:10.428-04:00Student of life...trying new things π<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMLaQs6dJ4SQy-rn5bB9ATwelXkjtrCg_94-H674xweyeeiUXOnyeopLmrRh0n1LQWsqUqvP_REaH5moZJTAhtSwy8O5iB7KF8hbCcSQYsMWQ147Fqj5w5YIOFMgl2ynuw0vBRbDlk0Ol3/s2048/IMG_5927.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1583" height="1000" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMLaQs6dJ4SQy-rn5bB9ATwelXkjtrCg_94-H674xweyeeiUXOnyeopLmrRh0n1LQWsqUqvP_REaH5moZJTAhtSwy8O5iB7KF8hbCcSQYsMWQ147Fqj5w5YIOFMgl2ynuw0vBRbDlk0Ol3/w774-h1000/IMG_5927.jpg" width="774" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p>Hello my friends. It's late morning here in the rainy, overcast Vermont mountains, and I thought I'd share with you my current view and a bit about what I've been up to. π±π The photo above is of my exact current surroundings, I snapped it just a few minutes before sitting down to type this. </p><p><br /></p><h2 style="text-align: center;">Morning essentials:</h2><p style="text-align: center;"><i>- Green smoothie (kale, mango, banana, plant-based protein powder, spirulina, almond butter, hemp milk)</i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>- <a href="https://www.kleankanteen.com/collections/all?utm_source=google&utm_id=go_cmp-808244116_adg-43548305444_ad-346376616620_kwd-295144475700_dev-c_ext-_prd-_sig-Cj0KCQjwhb36BRCfARIsAKcXh6FWB4KpJ273lOvRhysWl1YiXVyNSHeEoMqo96aUCp-tI63MXNTVxQwaAge3EALw_wcB&gclid=Cj0KCQjwhb36BRCfARIsAKcXh6FWB4KpJ273lOvRhysWl1YiXVyNSHeEoMqo96aUCp-tI63MXNTVxQwaAge3EALw_wcB">Klean Kanteen</a> full of water (hydrate!)</i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>- a favorite clay mug of (nearly gone) organic coffee with coconut oil and a drop of organic liquid stevia.</i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>- 100% pure frankincense oil</i></p><p><br /></p><p>I've been relaxing into the grind lately; embracing the luxury of being a student of life, and fully awakening to the resources I have been so generously given: the ability to grow, learn, and to cultivate the garden of my mind, paving new roads for my thoughts to drive on. It's a process...and rather than striving to "get to the end" of this process, I have been reminding myself that the joy, the life, the goodness truly is right here, right now, in the journey. We have arrived!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpgkuHh9OyfSxEyo7FSsQMOS6R71Pf1EnqbDRo7MU1qQIstDatlw113YKddgibDuqW-SK3JvygVjjDVgcec2X2nzG7IkdX20ShsgIaGgE5rQGDtIYgxzke3UoJkscrZYXyrnh-ppDhTUi4/s2048/IMG_5930.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="520" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpgkuHh9OyfSxEyo7FSsQMOS6R71Pf1EnqbDRo7MU1qQIstDatlw113YKddgibDuqW-SK3JvygVjjDVgcec2X2nzG7IkdX20ShsgIaGgE5rQGDtIYgxzke3UoJkscrZYXyrnh-ppDhTUi4/w781-h520/IMG_5930.jpg" width="781" /></a></div><br /><h2 style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I am learning:</h2><p style="text-align: center;"><i>- how to embrace more sustainable living without fear, judgement, or perfectionism, but simply doing my personal best.</i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>- about cultivating a more positive and enlightened mental atmosphere</i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>- To tend to my body's nutritional needs with greater awareness</i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>- To carve out time to practice French. Language learning is something that has always fascinated me. I've taken French for years, and now I am deepening my practice. </i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p>Sustainability and loving this planet in ways that help to create a positive impact are things that I am passionate about. But I think it's also important to not become overwhelmed or fall into the trap of needing to be "perfectly" sustainable. We all create waste to some degree. It is inevitable. In my personal opinion, the most important thing is to simply be conscious. Be aware of what and how we consume. Reduce, but don't become destructively obsessive. Instead, let's focus our energy on how we can better support renewable methods, such as composting. (More on this in another post! Very excited about what I've been learning on this topic. π)</p><p>Every day, I have been trying to listen to positive affirmations. I love simply listening, or, when I can, repeating each one as I listen. This morning I listened and repeated while I whipped up my green smoothie...It's something I want to continue with. The good vibe is tangible, and helps to get my day started on a good, positive note. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhObBidan_P0fvOF53QNiSjm5FjBWJSMBhqY-YsqAw7ZNSRTdukZFzyon2XAO6VN2U_shfu5lSoqLZX14IB_Vpl0Na4L4DYx7PCADp-Rt-XN9FDVjzKWUrX-sBX67KD-Vjm_nwNnNV5zkwR/s2048/IMG_5931.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="668" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhObBidan_P0fvOF53QNiSjm5FjBWJSMBhqY-YsqAw7ZNSRTdukZFzyon2XAO6VN2U_shfu5lSoqLZX14IB_Vpl0Na4L4DYx7PCADp-Rt-XN9FDVjzKWUrX-sBX67KD-Vjm_nwNnNV5zkwR/w1000-h668/IMG_5931.jpg" width="1000" /></a></div><h2 style="text-align: center;">A few new things I have tried:</h2><p style="text-align: center;"><i>- Matcha. Ceremonial style, as well as latte style. MMMM! High in antioxidants. Rich in catechins, helps protect the liver + boosts brain function. It's so enjoyable to make: akin to the soothing process of pour-over. </i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>- A frothing wand! Always wanted to try one, and the other day I finally picked one up from our local co-op. It works really well, and has become a companion to the matcha latte making process! </i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>- Dalgona coffee. I tried making it for the first time yesterday...did not work out well, but it was fun and relaxing to experiment in the kitchen. I plan giving it another go with higher quality instant coffee. </i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>- Barefoot running with <a href="https://xeroshoes.com/">Xero Shoes</a>. After quite a bit of research, I invited a pair of <a href="https://xeroshoes.com/shop/gender/womens/ztrek-women/">Z-Trek</a> sandals into my life and went barefoot running for the first time the other night at the park. So different! It's a lot to get used to, but I can certainly see the benefits.</i></p><p><br /></p><p>I think trying new things is good for the soul. It doesn't have to necessarily be something big. Small things are where life is at. :) I enjoy mixing warm, nutritious drinks, learning languages, spending time outside, and looking after my body. I think any new things that we take time to try that add value and benefit to our lives our certainly worth the effort.</p><p>On the writing front...a lot has been going on. If you saw my recent <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CEXPDFqpR6Z/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link">Instagram post</a>, you know that I am hard at work on a new series that I am very excited to share with you. There's a few other exciting things in the works...more on that soon.</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Alright, it's your turn: what have you been up to? How has your week been? What is one new thing you have tried recently? I would love to hear about it in the comment section below. ππΏ I wish you a beautiful day. Namaste.</span></p><p style="text-align: right;">stay stoked,</p><p style="text-align: right;">kate</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />K.A. Emmonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12930155463690438292noreply@blogger.com4