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Fearless

(Picture and quote from Alisa Burke, Redefining Creativity)

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Happy New Year – 2012!

Happy New Year to all! May 2012 be filled with wonderful events! Here’s a toast I found on Facebook: More laughter than tears More prayers than fears More time together than apart More sun than rain More new adventures to … Continue reading

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Paper Dolls and Polyvore

OK, so I wrote on this before, but I am consumed by this. Do you Pinterest? I absolutely love it. I can waste endless hours trolling through the site. One thing it introduced me to is Polyvore. Have you played … Continue reading

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Calm and Bright or Filled with Fright?

So, the holiday season is in full swing. How does it make you feel? Are you giddy with excitement, feeling calm and bright or do you have that sort of hyperventilating-I-can’t-believe-it’s-almost-here-and-I’ve-got-so-much-to-do feeling? I seem to vascillate between these emotions several … Continue reading

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Are you Pinterest(ed)?

So, are you wasting time  spending time trolling boards on Pinterest? I think it is really cool, and may be part of the reason magazines are struggling so. Pinterest has become a huge hit with all ages, but has skyrocketed … Continue reading

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Finding humor in everyday occasions

OK, my last several posts have been a bit heavy, dark, melancholoy – sorry about that. Here’s a story that might make you smile – not really laugh out loud, but amusing. My husband and I recently traveled to see … Continue reading

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Live fully and don’t retreat

This quote is attributed to Mel Brooks, that brilliant, funny mind that brought us so much laughter. I love what it says and would love to live it out personally. Have you read all the tributes to the late, great … Continue reading

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Silence is golden

Ever have one of those days/weeks/months where you feel generally in a slump? That’s where I am right now. I don’t have anything much to comment on (despite the fact that there is much going on in the world today). … Continue reading

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Learn to admire without the need to acquire

So I read this on a blog recently (Newlywed Diaries – yes, I know….I’ve been married 21 years, but bear with me now….I got to this blog from another blog…Haven and Home and like the father in “My Big Fat … Continue reading

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Keep on keeping on….

I’m at that age in life when my world is again shrinking rather than expanding. It’s all part of that Lion King “Circle of Life” thing, but it feels funny. There was a time when everything that happened was big … Continue reading

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