Our state flower, blooming right alongside the Monticello Trail, another great local hike.
Every Friday the RevGals post a play-along Friday Five. (Have I mentioned we wrote a book?) This week’s is wide open: “share with us five experiences of renewal that you have recently enjoyed, or would like to launch this Easter season.”
Happy May Day, everyone, and here are my five…
- Hiking. We hiked Crabtree Falls with company in town a couple weeks ago, as the forest was just waking up again and trillium were blooming. My calves were so tight afterwards I had to use a rolling pin on them to get them to relax – which means we should be doing this one again and often.
- Crêpe fest. A few years ago for my husband’s May birthday I declared it “Crêpe fest” and we made both savory (gruyere and mushroom) and sweet (Nutella, honey and cinnamon, lemon and sugar) crêpes. It’s time for the festival to return.
- Visit my grandparents’ house. My dad owns it now but I will always think of it as theirs. I’ve been working on a longer piece about home and being southern. It centers on this little spot on the map in the flat red-clay tobacco country of Virginia and how I’m connected to family and traditions and people there.
- Enjoy a real, decadent brunch. Atlanta is the brunchingest town I’ve ever lived in and I have missed this in every other place I’ve lived. To find a good restaurant that does both Saturday and Sunday brunch is a treasure (and a necessity for those of us with Sunday obligations). I love lingering over a third cup of coffee and the sprawling feeling of morning merging into afternoon, in both time and cuisine.
- Writing retreat. I had one planned for the exact week we got ten inches of snow in February. The kind proprietors of the cabin I booked allowed me to reschedule and it’s coming up soon. I’m looking forward to being offline, out of touch, and deeply absorbed.