a writers mind

truly i do have a writers mind. i am always writing passages in my head throughout the day. and i think i come up with some pretty great paragraphs! however - when it comes to expressing these magnificant thoughts onto paper - they woosh!!!! are taken away from me and i am left with regular, schmegular sentance structures.
but i figure the more i practice - and the more i write (hence this blog) i figure the more natural it will come...atmosphere - it all comes down to atmosphere....and ambience

a music fast...and a new roommate

so last Saturday night i decided to go on a "music fast." i have done this one or twice before. i go one week without any music whatsoever. the purpose? to clear my mind - clear it of noise and confusion, and clutter. reason numero dois is to clean my music pallette and start from scratch. there is so much great - great music out there. quality...you know? so this practice/exercise is a bit of quality control for me. and the third reason - yes three....is to make more time and space for meditaion!
but i'll tell you what. the first few days where HARD! music withdraw yes. first thing when i get in the car is reach for the radio dial (NPR or country) and first thing i do when i get to work is bring up i-tunes.
now - having gone more than 5 days, and my mind is clearer - sharper - keener!
...however - i am excited to bring back the music come Monday. i do think it's a powerful element that is a must in life. wahoo!

i live in a brand new condo - and i just got a new roommate (aside from the 23 yr. old) she's the owner of the condo - asian - from cali and 50 years old! how's that for fun! hmmm......

time to leave the office

i like to be the first one to the office - and the last one to leave.....

my profession - -

i am a landscape designer....or rather i am one who designs landscapes. all my life i have always been interested in and practiced: art, music (piano, violin, banjo, etc.) and sports. but i have never considered myself an artist, a musician or an athlete. i am me, Lorien Alise Hall! - human being and daughter of God. i don't know why, but ever since i can remember i have made the distinction between the two.
...so let me re-write my first phrase...i design landscapes.

and today for lunch i had the most delightful stuffed pepper, made by myself even - wowee - a pure, garden-veggie delight!

lunch and nicknames

for lunch today i had or am having yellow squash, zucchini and ground beef. a typical meal for dinner in the hall house during late summer months. both vegetables are from my parents garden...so it's extra delightful. i added more than enough ketchup because there was no salt in the office.....
names that i have been called by other than Lorien: Lor, Lorflor, Loreal, Lou, Delorean, Sister Hall, Hall, Sister, Lilian, L'.....

graduation dinner! finally made it...

WD40

so....after about 53+ attempts at logging in i finally find success!
as anyone can see...it has been a while since i blogged. so naturally i forgot my log in information.
but like WD40 - or is it DW40 - my rusty mind somehow finagled it out. actually - i am not perfectly sure what WD40 is meant for. all i know is that i used it in an art project my senior year of high school in preparation for the AP art test. so what is it used for?

BRaSiL

X sisters' Hall, Johnson, and Jackson - voltando ao Recife!!


We (the three ladies above) all met up in Recife to go through the temple with Arandas and Munique for the first time and to be there for the sealing!


Attending the Ala Torreao


Mud bath anybody? How can you go to Brasil and not take a mud bath? I ask you!


Carol running to the water - let's go!

right now my mind is scattered........it is a saturday and i have lots to do. so i had better get going! Which is why I won't be writing a lot about my trip to brasil at this moment. It was wonderful, surreal and way too short. I'll be back in a year.

my first blog entry

this is my first blog entry! props - props. right now i am at the HBLL. i was studying about how to prune a tree properly - anybody need prunning? it's past my bedtime - so i am outtahere like a guy out at third.