this is the proof copy, that means we’re close to print!

After months and months and a few more months of not being in the mood to write compendium and feeling like there was no point in it, the mood shifted and the writing began. Of course, with all of the compendiums, number 7 didn’t “stay on track”, it started in one way and I thought it was heading in a certain direction, and then suddenly, it shifted gears and morphed into a different storyline.

I think that I took out more from this issue than I have in past issues, but I also know it will fit in somewhere in the future, so I have kept it all. It will appear randomly in coming issues no doubt.

A snapshot of c7: inner wisdom, watch & listen, the garden, vestiges, welcome to compendiumshop.ca, the shape of my life, the stuff in my head, rare moments, everyday stuff, curiosities, nourishments, spaces + places, font love and new loves.

some exclusive things in compendiumshop.ca

There are some things that I have made “exclusive” to the compendium shop … just because everywhere I sell my pieces should have something that no one else has.

For the shop, it’s the Daily Practice Pack, which includes all the pieces I use in my daily practice with mandalas. It includes: 36 mandalas to colour, with ample room to write thoughts on the back, a Mandala Meditation Deck, so you can choose your cards to ground the day, a cedar stand to display them smartly, and of course, a little instruction guide to help you along.

All you have to do is add your favourite colouring method and you are ready to go!

Also exclusive to the compendium shop are “word plaques”. These are each one-of-a-kind, hand painted and original designs, and the words that are inspired by them.

Of course, I also have many mandala plaques that do not have words on them too! I invite you to take a wander through the shop! HERE

another revamp of the studio … hopefully the last for awhile!

Yes, I knew I needed to shift things in the studio, to accommodate a changing landscape of work and stir up the energy, but I have to overcome the tendency to overthink it! This was a small revamp. A practical change to create some area to house “works-in-progress” and tools and supplies I use regularly. It was all designed around the little table you see. My friend Jane found me this table at a garage sale a few years ago, and she scooped it up, thinking I would paint it and sell it. I didn’t. I fell in love with it for some reason, and it has never left the studio. The drawer houses mandalas on paper … literally hundreds of pieces. It will house my paper cutter, which can be easily moved if I need the table top for something in the moment.

That’s the thing about my small space, it has to be able to be rearranged in small ways all the time, to accommodate the various things that I get up to! And who knows where the future will take me, it seems there are new things bubbling up. Stay tuned!

I have a rare cat breed … a Wetcoast Cat or is he a Rainforest Cat?

Just this morning, which is cold and rainy, I made a lovely, warm, comfy bed in my studio for my outside guy, Mr. Squeak. He tried to stay, he really did … but the sound of the rain outside seem to call him back … and off he went to sleep outside, on the chair we put on the porch. He will fall deep asleep, listening to the rain, and no one will bother him there.

A brilliant writing guide …

If you are looking for an inspiring guide to help you get writing about your life … may I suggest Writing to Map Your Spiritual Journey, a self-guided writing journey, by Mary Ann Moore … my brilliant partner in life!

This is the beautiful culmination of Mary Ann’s of pilgrimage into writing as a spiritual and healing practice.

Please check it out to read all about it: HERE

This might be just what you need to get you started on exploring your own writing practice and amazing story.

Nature in the fall … captures my imagination

It’s only in the last few years that I have discovered the pure magic of nature in the fall. It is entirely possible it has something to do with my stage in life, but who knows. I am just glad I now see and appreciate it the way I do.

The light, the colours, the richness of things that are at the end of their season. The webs … oh the webs. This year they aren’t like anything I have ever experienced. In one perfect moment on one day, I captured these images from the patio doors in the dining room. An hour later, the sun burst through and you couldn’t see them anymore. They were still there, but the circumstances had changed completely, and they disappeared from sight.

In moments like that, I feel I have been given a rare gift, and I am so very thankful to receive it!

May the week ahead be filled with
wonder and delight!

~sarah