sow sew so
the last 2 years instead of making new year’s resolutions I have taken a word for the year,
the first year my word was ‘now’ as I wanted to spend less time thinking about things but just get on and do it, I found it worked well for me and has instilled a good habit to not think oh there is so much to do where do I start but instead to think this needs doing so does that, I’ll do that,
last year I chose ‘edit’ and that has worked very well in the form of ‘edit out’ I have sorted and got rid of lots of things I had long ago forgot why I was keeping them and the garden has improved greatly from much editing, I did not however do much ‘editing in’ in the form of going for more walks but I think I have the right to blame the weather for that!
this week I have been thinking of a word for this year and the word ‘calm’ kept coming to mind but it is not ‘me’ that needs calm it’s the ‘weather!!’
my word for this year is ‘sow’ ‘sew’ ‘so’ in all it’s forms of spelling,
as I said in my previous post I want to grow more veggies which will require me to ‘sow’ seed and after the success of the seeds in the new bed last year I want to also ‘sow’ more flower seeds,
I have not done much textile work for a long time and want to ‘sew’ something, if I hand ‘sew’ while watching a dvd it will stop me eating as much as I have been, which is too much,
so this brings me to ‘so’ with it’s many, many meanings, from looking in my large dictionary 3 descriptions of ‘so’ are:
3 (intensifier) it’s so lovely, I’m so happy,
7 and so on or so forth, and continuing similarly,
8 just so, arranged with precision,
my interpretation of these 3 is that some things will continue the same and some will become better which will ‘intensify’ my pleasure of them,
what word would you chose for your year?
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great word…I just sowed some seed…I am simplifying much like your “edit”…
I like your word/words. I would choose relax as in don’t try to control the garden, let it teach the gardener.
Hi Frances, I like your word for this year and I look forward to seeing how you use it in 2012. Can I have a hyphenated word?
If so, I’d choose ‘slow-down’. Sue M
mine would be ‘fancy’ as I feel the need for less serious matters (politics, elections, nuclear, environment, money, crisis..) Also I. want so many things for my garden, but they’re not absolutely necessary, just fancy. So you see, 2012 could be SO FANCY !
What a good idea, looking forward to seeing more of your textiles and what you have sown in your garden. I think I would choose ” enjoy” to make me slow down and just sit and enjoy the garden. This last year has proved to me that the garden can do very well without me fussing over it, time for me to use all the seating areas in the garden and just enjoy it all in 2012!
Hi Frances, I go the same, but since my birthday is in November I do the picking of the word then…
http://abovethegwb.blogspot.com/2011/11/word-for-this-year.html
this year the word is ‘savor”, i sometimes (like daily) tend to rush through something without focusing on enjoying the process, so savor is the word, and I hung it on the studio door to remind myself.
I like the words you’ve chosen. What will my word be? Hmmmmm. Create. I think that will be my word — to create in the garden or on the page or in relationships. Happy 2012!
I like your word and its various spellings and meanings. Thanks for a great post. I can’t choose one word without a great deal of thinking; so many to choose from and my brain is too tired to edit them now!
What a brilliant idea, so much better than resolutions.
I’m going to have to give it some thought over the last of the green ginger wine, vary happy new year to you Frances,
Best Wishes, Cat
A word for the year…let me see…appreciate. We all have so much to appreciate instead of being drawn into the doom and gloom that dominates the media.
How clever to use a word with different connotations. I’m sure your garden and textile projects will be fun and fulfilling this year as you sew sow so
I like your choice of word(s) for the new year. And isn’t it nice that you can use all the variations in spelling?…perfect! I hope you sow many sees, sew many new projects, and have all the value of ‘so.’
Hi Frances, I think I will go for (tomorrow) as I keep thinking everything should be completed in the one day.
Hi Frances, I am a bit behind in catching up on blogs but getting there slowly. Your choice of word(s) is a good one, and made me review what mine should be. I think my word for 2012 is going to be “embrace”. With possible redundancy and a complete change of lifestyle that will create and learning not to get wound up so easily, embrace is going to be my mantra. Thank you!