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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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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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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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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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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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

Making it easy to do a random act of kindness

February 2, 2023
If you read, you know I'm into random acts of kindness and also making it easy for everyone to do them this Valentines Day for people who really could use some support....
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How to change your internal conversation

January 18, 2023
internal-conversation
Talking to someone who was all doom and gloom about a serious situation in their life, I suggested, "Maybe you could change your internal conversation to increase your...
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11 Comments · Blog, Inspiration, Opinion

Why rush to judgment when you could take a social media fas...

November 30, 2022
social-media-fast
Back in August I saw a social media post in which someone said something like: Alex is no Rachel Maddow. She is not as good. She was a bad choice at MSNBC. I don't...
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6 Comments · Blog, Inspiration

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