This is simple. I'm Tish Hawkson Rider.

A few weeks ago I shared with you a chat I had with Bethany Ridmark. She's the one who started the PDX food swap in Portland. Well after we chat I also

asked her about what's saving her life right now. This is a thing we do here on the pot every now and then.

This idea is taken from Barbara Brown Taylor, a writer who, in her book, an altar in the world. She talks about how easy it is to focus on the things that are killing our lives, the things that are making everything harder, and that instead we should look around

and notice what's saving our lives at the moment.

You know, what are the little things that are making everything a bit better?

We do this every now and then on the podcast, and you guys love it. Many of you have told me these are your favorite episodes.

So we'll be doing more of these in the coming months. I'll chat with someone about the different things in their life that are giving them life, you know, art, like music, books, and movies, ideas and philosophies they're mulling over, and even physical material things that are making their life just a bit sweeter.

So after I talked with Bethany about her experience starting the PDX food swap, we hung

on for a few more minutes and chatted about what's saving her life.

So I hope you enjoy it, because down the road we'll be doing

this more and more. I might ask a favorite guest from our work episodes to come back on

and talk about this or maybe another friend or co-host you love hearing from or even some of you patrons

occasionally those of you who support me on Patreon I would love to talk with you more

about this and then after my chat with Bethany I'm sharing a little something I've got for you right now that's only open right now if you're listening to this as it goes live this week.

So hang on to the end for that as well. I think you'll really like it. All right, so without further ado, here's Bethany Redmark sharing what's saving her life.

I've asked you to come and share with us three things that are quote saving your life

you know based on a quote from somebody else just things that are making your life better, whether that's helping you do your work more or just sort of being a little more fun, whatever it is.

So I have asked you to come with three things, and the first one is a thing thing thing like a physical actual thing what's one thing in your life

that's just a little bit better sure it's kind of fun to get to talk about this.

There is this amazing ceramic or clay mug

that I got on Bainbridge Island last summer.

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