So far, 2012 has been about getting rid of clutter and getting more organized. I have to give some of the credit to Leo Babauta of Zen Habits and his current series on clutter. It’s a battle I’ve had to fight more in recent years and his posts have helped motivate me even more. I [...]
It was a gorgeous day in Virginia yesterday- a wonderful day for a gathering to raise funds and awareness for our local writers nonprofit, WriterHouse. The event was held outside at a local winery, under a canopy of colorful foliage, with a balmy 65 degree temperature and glorious sunshine. A great time was had by [...]
Intuition. I have it, it works and it’s often sitting on the sidelines waiting for me to pause and take a measure of my own internal compass. Yet, sometimes I fail to listen to my intuition. I had to go to Baltimore for 2 days of training recently–the timing was inconvenient, causing me to try [...]
We had an earthquake here in Central Virginia on Tuesday, a 5.8 magnitude earthquake. I’m totally ‘over’ all the California types postulating and making fun of us for what they condescendingly call a small quake. If you don’t experience disturbances on a regular, or even occasional basis, this was a big deal. Where I live [...]
I spent today taking care of business. It felt good, though a bit frustrating to deal with accounting types-one in particular. I chose to go to the business office of this place, knowing I’d get a more satisfying answer if we were face to face. After about 20 minutes of explanation, I finally figured out [...]
The word is wish and the challenge, at Jillsy Girl’s blog, was to interpret the word in a blog post. I chose to do a quick post on the Disney song, When You Wish Upon a Star and much conversation ensued. And, I’ve been thinking about wishing ever since. I’ve wished for things in my [...]
I think that could be my favorite word for 2010, “Frienditute“.
Today I trade in words for colors. On Fridays I work in a needlepoint shop;needlework is one of my other passions, I’ve been stitching since I was a teenager. Here I wait on retail clients but it’s play as well as work. A customer comes in with a piece of needlepoint, a design painted on [...]
Over at Jillsy Girl’s blog we’re playing word games. Each Wednesday we are to take the chosen word and do a post around it. Photos, songs, words-anything the writer chooses to express her thoughts on the word. For today the word is circle, it brought a number of images to mind; some personal, some random. [...]
Like many of you I have piles of books around the house, in every room. Yesterday I added more. I went to a book fair, a commercial venture that opens maybe 6 times a year for several weeks. Held in a huge 2 story building where there are more books than one could find in [...]
