Put a little love in your heart

July 26, 2023
love-in
How about putting a little love in your heart today? I've got a treat for you--a selection of adorable photos of our two little loves, Cutie and Benji. Come along...
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16 Comments · Blog, Dogs, Inspiration

F*** the small talk

July 6, 2023
small-talk
Yeah, about the small talk ... But first: I've been known to drop the F bomb from time to time, but far less now than in years past. There's so much jarring...
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6 Comments · Blog, Inspiration, Opinion

Why you don’t need anyone’s permission to grow

June 30, 2023
` When a friend posted this I recognized immediately the useful truth it contained. "Not everyone who started with you will finish with you." Yes, that is the way...
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10 Comments · Inspiration, Travel

I found the recipe for a happy life

June 21, 2023
happy-life
The other afternoon on the patio I opened a book a friend had given me to a scene in which a mom was putting notes in her daughter's lunch box. It's not your...
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14 Comments · Blog, Inspiration

Everything’s coming up roses…

June 15, 2023
I'm inviting you today to just feast your eyes on some pretty. Because everything's coming up roses at our house, and I wanted to share the beauty with you. Of course,...
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11 Comments · A Healing Spirit, Blog, Inspiration

Nothing less useful than willful resistance to the realitie...

May 9, 2023
resistance-to-aging
Well, look. We can't stop the aging process, no matter how we try. It's a natural process and if we're lucky, we get to go all the way through it. Oh, sure, we can...
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26 Comments · Blog, Inspiration

It may look easy, but it’s still heavy

March 29, 2023
Just because someone carries it well doesn't mean it's not heavy. Well, I sure do have a lot to say about this. I've always been one of those people who looks...
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16 Comments · Inspiration

If only we could freeze frame moments in time

March 22, 2023
freeze-frame
Have you ever had a moment in time that was so special, you wished you could freeze frame it and revisit that moment over and over? Yeah, me, too. We're getting...
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7 Comments · A Healing Spirit, Blog, Inspiration

5 tips for a successful rose garden

March 14, 2023
successful-rose-garden
It's that season! Soon, our rose garden will be bursting with color and I'm so excited! I have fallen under the spell of those beautiful blooms and enjoy seeing the...
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4 Comments · Blog, Inspiration

What do you get when you combine nostalgia with homesicknes...

March 8, 2023
hiraeth
Yes...hiraeth. That's what you get. More than nostalgia. Our pasts are full of lost places, places we'll never be in again. And not just homes, like this one, the...
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16 Comments · Blog, Inspiration, Spirituality

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