Meditation: Sweet Anniversary

Today is the first anniversary of Sweet Heartland-- a year ago I was living in Cleveland, waiting for Matt to return from Afghanistan, ensconced in good friends, eating, cooking, music and the small wonders in life that make it worth living.

This time last year, I went to The Cleveland Museum of Art and saw the amazing White Stripes documentary Under the Great White Northern Lights. If you are trying to make anything at all- music, a novel, a cake, a life- this is an inspiring film to watch. It inspired me to begin this blog.

This time last year I had this song in my head on repeat:

I usually have some sort of song obsession on my mind, and this was it at the time. I love the yearning bittersweetness of it- and isn't this time of year a bittersweet season?

The soundtrack to this fall is all about this:

It's been a good year- things are very different now in the very best way. Thanks for reading Sweet Heartland all this time-- a big "cheers!" to another year spent exploring the people and things that make life (in Kansas City and all points beyond) sweet.