I don’t know whether it’s the post-holiday January doldrums, but I seem to be suffering from a bit of a creativity slump these days. (On the good side, I seem to be coming out of my reading slump, so there’s that, at least!) Can you relate? Still, I have [continue reading…]
Today I accomplished something that the guys back in my school days used to laughingly dare the girls to do (though I don’t believe that they had many – or ANY! – takers): I left the house sans maquillage – that is, without makeup.
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After facing a deep disappointment, dealing with a new allergy development, and really feeling the overall bleakness that is January, sitting down to compose a gratitude list is in equal parts challenge and welcome reprieve. It’s challenging, because [continue reading…]
I‘ve been stewing about something for quite some time now – a couple of months, at least. Oh, I haven’t been thinking about it every minute of every day – but it’s always there in the back of my mind, nagging at me, reminding me that I need to deal with it [continue reading…]
Today’s Photo Friday challenge prompt is Sunrise. Sigh. I have plenty of sunset photos, but being the extreme non-morning person that I am, I can’t say that I’ve ever been both awake AND in a photo-taking mood at sunrise (no matter how wondrous the sight [continue reading…]
In case you missed it, the FMS Photo A Day Challenge changed from monthly to weekly in 2015. I’m personally still planning to hang in there for the whole month (in fact, I’d love to do another full year if I can!), but if that’s not something that easily [continue reading…]
There’s just ONE DAY REMAINING to add your posts to the 2015 Word of the Year Linkup… so if you’re planning to join the other bloggers who have shared their own words, now is the time! Once [continue reading…]
Ugh… I’m not feeling all that great today, in part due to what appears to be an allergic reaction, so I’m shutting down the laptop for the time being and heading back to bed for a rest. To my regular readers who came here hoping for a Tangled Tuesday post – [continue reading…]
The day is fast coming to a close, and something needs to be written, but my thoughts are scattered and don’t seem to want to come together in a coherent post… so thank goodness for MicroblogMondays! Instead of struggling, I think I’ll just [continue reading…]
It has been a tragic and frightening week in our world. At times like this a part of me wonders if it’s at all meaningful or helpful to sit down and write my little weekly gratitude post, when so many of the items on my list are trifling little nothings in the [continue reading…]
Last January I joined a number of other writers in a month-long Mindful Writing Challenge hosted by Writing Our Way Home, where each day participants wrote a Small Stone – that is, “a short piece of writing that precisely captures a [continue reading…]
Of all the olloclip goodies I have for my iPhone, so far I’ve had the most fun playing around with the macro lens, as using it to focus in on the finer details of an object offers a whole new perspective and enables you to capture a different kind of photo. [continue reading…]
The first week of the new year has passed (and AWFULLY quickly, I might add!), as has the first week of the 2015 Word of the Year Linkup (click here if you missed the original post). Though we still have [continue reading…]
As I was reminded yesterday by the fabulous Melissa Ford of Stirrup Queens, an ancient internet tradition called International Blog Delurking Week is happening… right now! This week! And you – yes, I really do mean YOU – are invited to play! [continue reading…]
So 2015 is here now (Happy New Year, in case you missed my earlier greetings!) and, after a couple of very quiet weeks in the tangling department, I’m slowly starting to pick things up once again. I’m actually surprised that I didn’t do more [continue reading…]
The past few weeks have been very indulgent indeed, at least in my corner of the world (though I STRONGLY suspect I’m not alone in this!): plenty of yummy food and drink, both at home and out… lots and LOTS of between-meal treats and holiday [continue reading…]
Welcome to the first Gratitude Linkup of 2015! As I look back over the past year of writing and sharing weekly gratitude lists, as well as reading the gratitude posts you’ve shared with me, I can truly say that the practice has been life changing. I’m looking [continue reading…]
