I had a pajama party with a friend from high school. When I mentioned the word for the week is
"Sparkle" she brought out sparkly markers and mandala coloring
books. Coloring and talking was a
pleasant way to spend the evening together.
She enjoys her coloring books, and I hear this has gotten
pretty popular. It's a way for
non-artists to get the right side of their brains into the same zen happiness
that artists get into when they're working.
I started to write this when my guest is still sleeping on
my couch, but she woke up and now we'll get breakfast, go antique shopping, or
maybe get spring water, or whatever it is she'd like to do for the day. Maybe we'll go to the river and watch the
sun sparkle on the water. It wasn't too
hard for me to abandon my plans to clean house and do yard work this weekend when I heard she
was in town for a funeral.
