sabrina lloydFeb 41 minand another moon passed...Is this just age? When time seems to move so fast that you turn around and days bleed into weeks that leak into years so that you wake up...
sabrina lloydDec 16, 20212 minHoliday timeOur days in this part of the world are getting darker, light leaving little by little as we sit on the cusp of the winter solstice. I...
sabrina lloydDec 4, 20211 minA year with paint stained hands.The light today was pure bliss. We all stopped and just stared for a while, fell deep into the rays and washed ourselves with beauty. A...
sabrina lloydNov 8, 20212 minA poem, two paintings, and a prayer. Another storm is on its way, carrying a warning on its wind. We spent yesterday stacking wood to ready ourselves for fallen trees and...
sabrina lloydOct 3, 20212 minNotes from my table on loneliness Yesterday I sat with my children at the water's edge. The sun was making its way towards the horizon. A sea lion surfaced only a few feet...
sabrina lloydJun 22, 20211 minMonday's poemBy Mary Oliver, From The Book Of Time, poem 1. I rose this morning early as usual, and went to my desk. But it's spring, and the thrush...
sabrina lloydMay 28, 20211 minDear Friday,It's been a good week. Busy, and full. I am taking three art classes and getting so much out of each. Feeling more free, trusting my...
sabrina lloydMay 24, 20211 minMonday's poem and life latelyI missed the Dear Friday last week. There are not enough hours in the day. One child homeschooling, one virtual learning. Cooking and...
sabrina lloydMay 14, 20211 minDear Friday,Another week filled with art and music, nature, my children's laughter and sometimes tears. Kenya is out of lockdown, cases have fallen,...
sabrina lloydMay 10, 20212 minMonday's poem and my life within it. Yes, we have all read it, all heard it. Yet still the power of this poem! I was an actress in NYC. My career was full. I was content-ish....
sabrina lloydApr 30, 20211 minDear Friday,I've watched too much news. I sleep and dream of those suffering in India, the faces caught on cameras gasping for breath. The only...
sabrina lloydApr 23, 20211 minDear Friday,The rains are here; Dampness has moved in. Sweaters unearthed from the very bottom of drawers. Blankets accumulating near all sitting...
sabrina lloydApr 21, 20212 minThe drawer of things that didn’t work outAbout six months ago I learned how to knit. Sitting in front of online videos I stitched and stitched until my fingers bled and my dreams...
sabrina lloydApr 16, 20211 minDear Friday,I turn on my computer to see there has been another mass shooting in the States. I turn on the TV and see a news special about all the...
sabrina lloydApr 9, 20211 minGriefI've been watching the George Floyd trial happening in the States. I know I shouldn't. I couldn't watch the videos from the day when it...
sabrina lloydMar 29, 20211 minMonday's poemThis one sinks me every time I read it, and I read it often. It's by RACHEL ELIZA GRIFFITHS, from her collection Seeing The Body. House...
sabrina lloydMar 16, 20211 minIt's not mindfulness, it's rest. Insomnia found me a few years ago. It comes in waves, like storms. Sometimes it is only for a night, other times it lingers for what...
sabrina lloydMar 12, 20211 minDear Friday,Long week. It's hot in Kenya. Bone melting hot. But the long rains are coming and they bring their own difficulty so I lean into the sun...
sabrina lloydFeb 11, 20211 minpivoting towards graceI read the most beautiful sentence today. It was in reference to hardship, change, desire for a more fulfilling life. We can choose the...
sabrina lloydFeb 10, 20211 minBetween 2 worldsI’ve been on this expat journey years longer than a decade now. From one country to another, we move and settle only to uproot once...