This is my wee attempt to transform the desire to curse that usually accompanies Monday mornings into the desire to smile. Please accept this snapshot of blooming beauty and let it remind you to open your eyes wide, breathe deeply and enter your week with hope, gratitude and appreciation for the little, pretty things, if [...]
Blooming Mondays: January 25, 2010
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Advance Notice
There is a march in Washington, D.C. on October 10 that is dear to my heart. I will not be able to attend, but perhaps, given this advance notice, you may choose to go. It is a gathering of like-minded people, of all persuasions, who believe that the fight for equal rights didn’t end in [...]
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Pleasure Bouquets: Joy
Joy. It’s such a little word, meant to capture such an immense emotion. I don’t hear it used very often, other than in relation to that great old Three Dog Night song. Joy can be a bit scary, even. It is such a potentially explosive feeling. Spontaneous. Expansive. It is more intense than happiness, burning a [...]
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Pleasure Bouquets: Green with Envy
I’m heading over to Ireland tomorrow, after having spent the weekend playing amongst the manor estates outside London. I can’t imagine wanting to be anywhere else. Don’t hate me. This vacation is an overt escape from the trials and tribulations of every day life back home, where I frequently feel a bit green when comparing [...]
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Most Pleasurables: March 2009
Some months are chock full of fantastic events, others are full of challenges, but there is always at least one thing for which to be grateful. I swear it’s true, even for months like March. Usually, in fact, I realize upon reflection that even those months which I would initially, and justifiably, categorize as challenging [...]
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