I’m very grateful to Kristen at http://www.stressandhealthonline.com for giving me the Versatile Blogger Award. Her site is full of valuable health information, and it’s my favorite color too. So check it out, you’ll be happy you did. My responsibility as a recipient is to: 1. Thank the person who awarded it to me by linking back to them…
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” Margaret Mead
My husband teaches art classes at several places. One location is Kimbal Jenkins Estate in Concord, NH, which is a very beautiful place to have an art school. We often go there for student & faculty shows as well. We went to a show last spring and a few days ago. Both times my husband…
So here is my latest bag, but I haven’t found buttons yet, so it’s not quite done. It’s big enough to be an art tote, you could put sketch pads, paint brushes and all your other gear in it. It could also work as a diaper bag, I would have used it for that back…
“All that we are is the result of what we have thought; it is founded on our thoughts, it is made up of our thoughts. If a man speaks or acts with a pure thought, happiness follows him like a shadow that never leaves him.” BUDDAH, 563-483 BC Founder of Buddism
What Fun We Had As Children We made creative use of whatever we could find to play with, even our environment. A hill could be a mountain or a dinosaur, and a stream could be a river or a moat. Our bikes could be magic carpets and our arms could be wings. Whatever our imaginations…
I had to get away from the computer for awhile. I was tired, but feeling the need to make something. For a long time I have been thinking about making a bag, a tote, or a purse of some sort. I have this struggle with purses, they are either too big or too small, too…
“If you have abandoned one faith, do not abandon all faith. There is always an alternative to the faith we lose. Or could it be the same thing under another mask?” Grahm Greene, 1904-1991 English novelist
We were driving home from a friends house the other day and my husband pointed out some really tall sunflowers in a yard as we passed by. He loves sunflowers and has done a few paintings of them. He said, “You should take a photograph!” Of course we were already past it on a one…
“At the end of your life, you will never regret not having past one more test, not winning one more verdict or not closing one more deal. You will regret time not spent with a husband, a friend, a child or parent.” Barbara Bush, b. 1925 previous First Lady USA
I’ve been thinking about gratitude lately and what it means. It doesn’t mean much to say, “Thank you for this gift” and then turn around and trash it, does it? Sometimes I think I don’t live gratefully enough. Living gratefully would mean taking care of everything and everyone very well all the time – out…
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