My choice for today’s Photo Friday prompt – Solitude – is a picture I took last December from the ferry deck as Peter and I traveled back to Victoria, BC for a reunion with my family over the holidays.
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Several years ago while reading The Mindful Woman, a thoughtful book written by Sue Patton Thoele, I came across a meditation on the Golden Rule that both struck and stayed with me. The following is an excerpt from that book.
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So it’s now mid-month (yes, ALREADY!), which means that it’s time for me to gather up and post the first batch of my July Photo A Day Challenge efforts.
There is definitely a LOT to be said for being open and honest about your struggles – whether to yourself, either in thought or written in a private journal… or perhaps to a partner or friend… or, as I did in last week’s post, to a very supportive [continue reading…]
A friend posted this story on Facebook awhile back, titled A Sweet Lesson on Patience, and it moved me so much that I decided to revisit and share it on Alphabet Salad once again. (For those who may wonder, I’ve checked Snopes and confirmed its veracity.) [continue reading…]
At the top of today’s gratitude list is BlogHer ’14… because I’ve been anticipating the event for almost a year, and now it’s finally time to start counting down for real! I’m so grateful for being able to attend the conference for the third year in a row, for the [continue reading…]
You know, it really doesn’t have to be fancy. It needn’t involve classy restaurants or expensive tickets or getting dressed up to the nines. And it doesn’t necessarily require a lot of pre-planning or sweating the details.
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There were several pictures I could have used for today’s Photo Friday “Black and White” prompt – after all, we are blessed with two gorgeous black and white cats (who happen to be VERY photogenic)! In the end, though, I decided to go a different route [continue reading…]
Inspired by NaBloPoMo writing prompt for Thursday, July 10, 2014:
Do you think you were born in the “right” decade, or do you feel like you belong to a different time period? [continue reading…]
So, what do you blog about?”
You know, for “nicheless” life blogs such as Alphabet Salad written by non-specialist bloggers like yours truly, that can be a rather daunting question! When your [continue reading…]
Although I’ve done a decent amount of tangling this week, I’m afraid I’m approaching today’s Tangled Tuesday post from a place of slight discouragement. Oh, I’m still deeply in love with tangling… but lately I’ve found myself becoming “stuck” [continue reading…]
Inspired by NaBloPoMo writing prompt for Monday, July 7, 2014:
Which former decade do you wish you could time travel and visit? Why?
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Over the past couple of months we’ve been financially stretched due to a whole bunch of extraordinary expenses – some planned, some unexpected… some good, some bad… some fabulous, some terrible. From a large-ish (for us) household investment in [continue reading…]
For several years now I’ve maintained my own personal Happy List, first to acknowledge and affirm and then to remind myself of life’s beauty, richness, and blessings. I hope that by sharing some of the items on my list I will inspire you to slow down for [continue reading…]
I know I’ve shared this photo before, but hopefully there are at least a few of you who haven’t seen it yet – as when I learned that today’s Photo Friday prompt was “Sunlight” I knew this was the picture I wanted to share! It’s a favourite of mine, [continue reading…]
Some more reminiscing…
In the long-ago summer of 1986 I was 19 years young, had just squeaked through my first year of university, and was back in what I considered to be [continue reading…]
Reminiscing…
It all started with four simple words from the soft-spoken young cashier at the grocery store as she rang through the eclectic assortment of foodstuffs I’d chosen [continue reading…]
