All posts tagged pleasure

Blooming Mondays: Painter’s Delight

Blooming Monday has always been about fresh cut flowers in the home because I feel so strongly that everyone should surround themselves with bouquets of pleasure. However, I cannot ignore the abundance of blooms over which I keep stumbling on various saunters around various towns lately so I’ve decided to celebrate blooming gardens for the [...]

August Break: Looking Up

Yesterday was tough. I had a migraine. I was procrastinating about accomplishing a string of little tasks, none of which would change the world. I was sore from an exercise class the previous night and feeling very creaky. I finally forced myself away from my desk near the end of the day and took a [...]

Daydreaming Sounds

I’ve been overcoming by unabashed joy the last few weeks. For some reason, this summer feels sharper and more awe-inspiring than many of those in memory. Every day, I’m struck by how bright is the sky, how lush is the flora and how warm is the sun. So, on this delightful Friday afternoon, I’m going [...]

Blooming Mondays: March 29, 2010

Sometimes, our actions can seem futile. Nothing’s going to change. We are who we are. We’re too old to be beginners, or to start over, or to ask for help. Everything is fine. But the most astounding growth can come from planting a new seed, tending the soil in a different part of our garden, [...]

Relinquishing A Dream

Perhaps there is a man out there who will someday sweep me off my feet, or whose feet I will knock out from under him. Perhaps not. The likelihood that, if it happens, it will occur before my uterus retires for this lifetime is slim. I do not have the financial means nor heart’s desire [...]