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Beginnings & Boldness
Beginnings & Boldness Boldness to begin - that's what I need and what I want. Yet, I hardly know where to begin. In every way, that is how I’ve been [...]
Growing Spaces
Growing Spaces Space seemed like the final frontier. Growing was a bit uncomfortable. To think about how to grow into my space or make my space grow was more challenging than I had [...]
Coverings
Covers vs Blankets Woke up to a skiff of snow this morning. A bit early for this time of the year, pretty and crisp and all I wanted to do [...]
Preserves not Puzzles
The other day my offspring discovered crabapple jelly. A revolution for breakfast, perfect for peanut butter sandwiches and who knows what else! Made lovingly by someone who loves us, not [...]
Blessed Boots!
I’ve put my boots on. Several times. And taken them off only to notice my immediate need for them. Some may think that boots fall short of achieving fashion forward [...]
Cheers for Chairs!
Before diving into dinner talk, let's start with some highly important high chair chitchat. There are times in everyone’s life when there is a seemingly minor course correction that has dramatic [...]
Unveiling the Ordinary: Ditching Disappointment
It’s 1 am. I’m replaying the events of the previous day and I’m wracked with regret. It’s the ordinary being unveiled again. My ordinary day that was filled with extraordinary blessings, moments [...]
‘Do – Be – Do – Be’: The Victuals of Victory
How many times have you allowed your own or others’ agendas of the tyranny of the almighty schedule to sap the very life out of you? Forgive me for once [...]
Wits, Whits, Whirls, and What Ifs
I finally did it. I really accomplished something. I wondered for years if I would ever be able to achieve this particular feat. Over much time, I watched others expertly triumph in [...]
Wide-Awake Lullabies
Darkness and light are not like pepper and salt. Pepper and salt season food. Using both makes food come alive. But there's no obligatory proportion or recipe for using these [...]
Preposterous Positive Posture: Biking with Bouquets to the Beyond!
This latest letter is littered with alliteration, literally! Be advised that you’ve been advised. The other day, a lady on a bicycle rode by me. She had a wicker basket in [...]
Moonbeams, Migraines, and the Mundane
Dawn is slowly breaking and while my body longs for my bed, my heart is content to type. For about two weeks now, I’ve been thinking and writing the forthcoming [...]
Keep Calm and Walk On!
Running is overrated. Not just because I’m terrible at it, but because it’s just not that practical. Sure, I can run to catch a bus if I need to, or I can [...]
Hei Hei – Byes & Blessings
So your favourite track is playing and suddenly at the wistful finale, there’s a loud noise or the track itself glitches. Or at the end of a delectable dish, much to [...]
More, Mores & Amore
“When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that’s amore” Harry Warren/Jack Brooks I am obsessed with more these days. In fact, I can’t believe I’ve been living [...]
How Now, Brown Car?
I remember. A carton of milk, a loaf of bread and a stick of butter. There are so many things I choose to remember: the times when lack was suddenly [...]
Oops! A Daisy
Wisdom dictates that one should not write in the heat of the moment. I did anyway. However, wisdom is getting the last word, or at least one or two, as [...]
The Bulldog and the Almighty Rest
Our neighbor has a bulldog. He’s adorable, except for the drool. On several occasions, he has recklessly bolted across the street, through our front door and ran around our house, [...]
Great Time – Groove On!
I began typing this at 3 am and in order to do so, I had to tiptoe past my sleeping children in stealth mode to grab my laptop from my [...]
The Corner of Artistic and Vain
I live and breathe at the corner of Artistic Avenue and Vain Street. I’ve discovered that whipping cream makes me happy on all levels and that it’s easier to chop [...]
Unchained Melody
"Time goes by so slowly and time can do so much" Sung by The Righteous Brothers PANZERI, MARIO(IT. LYR)/CARRERA, ETTORE/NORTH, ALEX/ZARET, HY The song Unchained Melody first appeared in the 1955 movie [...]
Melodiciousness!
The whole is more than the sum of the parts ― Aristotle For some time now, I have been thinking about what it would look like if we approached all of [...]
A Peace of Pastel