Gift from the Sea

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When one is a stranger to one's self then one is a estranged from others too. If one is out of touch with oneself, then one cannot touch others". Anne Morrow Lindbergh This stylish linen cosmetic bag is both eye-catching and well designed to be the perfect solution for storing and organising beauty essentials. Sourced from Sea Shed, based in St Ives, each showcases a calming sea blue nautical design. They’re also hand-loomed and made from premium, eco-friendly linen with a linen-lined interior and brass zip. Red Sails & Pilchards

Breathe in the essence of the untamed coast with the St. Eval Sea & Shore Sea Salt Pot. This beautiful scented candle is made in Cornwall and comes housed in a handmade ceramic pot. Each has a burn time of up to 24 hours. Museum Gift Vouchers Anne Morrow Lindbergh writes of being a woman in America in the fifties. She compares different stages of marriage to different shells. The writing is beautiful, poignant, wise and the message clear. It is prose poetry. She speaks of the need for simplification in a world cluttered with obligations and gadgets. She speaks of what can be gained by allowing one to withdraw and find inner solace within one's self. How creativity replenishes the soul. She quotes among others John Donne, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Rainer Maria Rilke, W.B. Yeats and William Blake. If your eco-friendly gift recipient is passionate about ocean conservation, they may already have plenty of reusable baggies, straws, utensils, etc. Don’t be shy about asking your friend or family member what they already have, perhaps under the guise of “what do you recommend?” If they say, “Oh, I don’t have any ( travel utensils) yet,” then you know what to buy. The Big Book of Homemade Products – This top-rated book includes recipes for body butter, bath bombs, laundry detergent and cleaning spray. The book makes a great gift on its own; or, if you’re the DIY type, you’ll find tons of ideas for practical, homemade and plastic-free gifts.Additionally, as n ot everyone likes to lounge in the sun, we’ve included a couple of eco-friendly gift ideas for outdoorsy people who won’t be found on the beach: For ocean lovers, being anywhere near the water is most likely a ‘happy place’. By choosing the right ocean-related gifts, you can make their next dive trip or beach day even more enjoyable. Each of these gifts for beach lovers has a green element, whether it’s recycled materials or an ocean-friendly composition. Ocean-Friendly Sunscreen – This environmentally friendly sunscreen doesn’t contain coral-hurting chemicals. Every diver and beachgoer should have this eco-friendly product. I also really liked how she described the different stages of marriage. My favorite quote from this read-through was: This book spoke to me, Celia, especially in the areas of simplifying one's life and understanding the phases of one's marriage. I am married for 18 years to Harold, the love of my life. Perhaps in that respect I am in the middle years of life. I hope to share this book with him. It might have been written to women. I think he will appreciate it just the same.

I hate to say it, because so many women just L.O.V.E. this book, but it just didn't do much for me. There were definitely some lovely moments here, but much of it was cliched platitudes, and sounded pretty stale and New Age-y to me. It's the kind of stuff that sounds pretty wise, but it's hard to figure out what it really means.The sea and the beach are elements that have been woven throughout Anne Morrow Lindbergh’s life. She spent her childhood summers with her family on a Maine island. After her marriage to Charles Lindbergh in 1929, she accompanied him on his survey flights around the North Atlantic to launch the first transoceanic airlines. The Lindberghs eventually established a permanent home on the Connecticut coast, where they lived quietly, wrote books and raised their family. There may be some personality issues as well. I'm pretty social. I like hanging out with people. I do enjoy my alone time (which I spend reading, hello), but I'm just not desperate for it like more introverted types often are. This book is definitely very supportive of introverts, but that was a little lost on me. I actually like bustle. I don't like silence and quiet (I mean, that's what ipods were invented for!). I'm tired of preachy introverts suggesting that this means I'm not contemplative! When I wrote Gift from the Sea, I was still in the stage of life called "the oyster bed," symbol of a spreading family and growing children. The oyster bed, as the tide of life ebbed and the children went away to school, college, marriage, or careers, was left high and dry. A most uncomfortable stage followed, not sufficiently anticipated and barely hinted at in any book. In bleak honesty it can only be called 'the abandoned shell." Plenty of solitude, and a sudden panic at how to fill it, characterize this period. With me, it was not a question of simply filling up the space or the time. I had many activities and even a well-established vocation to pursue. But when a mother is left, the lone hub of a wheel, with no other lives revolving around her, she faces total re-orientation. It takes time to re-find the center of gravity." Solar-Powered Lantern– These devices are ideal great for camping and other outdoor adventures. We love this collapsible option.