Life is good… but it could be a whole lot better.  Don’t get me wrong. I am so thankful to be alive and to be healthy. Alive and healthy is probably as good as it gets. I am in the second month of a sixty-day fitness challenge. I’m feeling stronger and a little more co-ordinated. […]

 About a week ago, I wrote about joining a FaceBook group that is dedicated to self portraits. You can post only once a week with the self portrait that you made that week. I’ve actually managed to do one self portrait per week. As I write, my fourth self-portrait is almost done. So, today’s blogging

 A sense of wonder and enchantment I remember waking up one morning to a set of miniature books that had quietly been placed on my dresser. At the age of eight, I was a sound sleeper, so I didn’t wake when someone snuck in my room and placed those books. No doubt the someones were

 Today’s writing prompt has to do with history. Well, it was to write about something that happened on February 17th at some point in the past. Instead, I’m going to focus on… um… strawberries. Strawberries? Yep. Apparently, there is a strongly romantic element to strawberries. They and chocolate are considered an aphrodisiac. Which is why

 Late last night, I looked out my bedroom window at the courtyard, and I saw a fox. It seemed calm and happy as it hiked through the snow toward the bird feeder. The birds are messy eaters, and other critters like foraging for the birds’ leftovers. What excitement! Maybe I could get a photograph. That

 Today’s blog post is about buying locally. In any community, you’re going to find small businesses operating various sized shops, and you’re going to find people who provide service while working from their own homes. Giving them your business is a great way to encourage small businesses and entrepreneurs in your community to thrive.  In

There are so many ways for humans to share their stories. We are used to the written format of the memoir. Other formats would include a graphic novel-type presentation, visual journal, and songs. Today’s pictures depict a group project, a community project, in the form of a large picture. Altogether, 70 separate individuals produced 60 squares

 Valentine’s Day is a fun holiday! In Ecuador, where I spent nine weeks in 2011, I learned that Valentine’s Day is “El dia del amor y amistad” (the day of love and friendship). Before that, I thought that you could only celebrate Valentine’s Day if you were in a committed romantic relationship or if you

 “The World today doesn’t make sense, so why should I paint pictures that do?” — Pablo Picasso Should the world make sense? Who gets to decide what makes sense and what doesn’t make sense? For us humans, making sense is individual. We all determine what makes sense and what doesn’t through the lenses of our

 Those of us who are picky tend to also want things in our lives to be perfect. Perfection is an awfully high standard to try to achieve, and for us to expect perfection out of ourselves every time we try something is unfair. There is no way that we can live up to our unrealistic