Pleasant House

Northern California

I hope that people enjoy reading Chelsea’s and my posts at the Pleasant House. Our content is based upon what inspires us. Our goal is to highlight that inspiration, to share it with you, and to hopefully inspire you in return.

Where does inspiration come from? It comes from the things around us that we see, taste, grow, hear, and feel. But do these things find us or do we have to seek them out? Sometimes, something inspiring may pop up right before our eyes, like a wildflower on the sidewalk or a mulberry on a tree.

mulberry tree

I’ve found that an increased connection to like-minded folks through blogs and even Twitter has led me to inspiring stories, techniques, and dishes. I’ve realized that inspiration is an addiction that needs to be fed, and the steady diet of stuff that comes to me while out and about is healthy and life sustaining; but to truly satiate the craving I need to get off of my ass and get out of my comfort zone.

Ideas and inspiration begin to wane when things get a little too comfortable, in my opinion. I need to shake things up a little bit, get out of the rut, take the road less traveled–”fish where others don’t,” as a friend recently articulated to me–take a bit of a risk to gain a greater return. Maybe we’ll gain a lot or maybe just a little; at least we will have gorged ourselves on experiences, the stuff that inspires.